The effect of spatial tasks on visually impaired peoples' wayfinding abilities

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 407-419

  Blades, Mark ^a   Lippa, Yvonne ^a   Golledge, Reginald G ^a   Jacobson, R Daniel ^a   Kitchin, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036301544     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0209600604     Document Type: Article

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