Hidden visual capabilities in mentally retarded subjects diagnosed as deaf-blind

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2931-2935

  Jacobsen, Karl ^a,b   Magnussen, Svein ^a   Smith, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Tambartun National Resource Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deaf blind; Mental retardation; Preferential looking; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030848042     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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