Auditory cues for orientation and postural control in sighted and congenitally blind people

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 541-550

  Easton, Randolph D ^a   Greene, Anthony J ^a   DiZio, Paul ^b   Lackner, James R ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory information; Balance; Blindness; Human; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BLINDNESS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CUES; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; POSTURE;

EID: 0031963761     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050310     Document Type: Article

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