Weight-discrimination sensitivity in congenitally blind and sighted adults

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 30-39

  Grouios, G ^a   Alevriadou, A ^a   Koidou, I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0034490734     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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