Route descriptions by visually impaired and sighted children from memory and from maps

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 512-521

  Edwards, Rachel ^a   Ungar, Simon ^b   Blades, Mark ^c  

^a Calcutta House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031748539     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9809200711     Document Type: Article

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