Haptic exploration and mental estimation of distances on a fictitious island: From mind's eye to mind's hand

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 298-300

  Blanco, Florentino ^a   Travieso, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; RETINA IMAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037611016     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0309700505     Document Type: Article

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