Superior haptic perceptual selectivity in late-blind and very-low-vision subjects

Perception

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 499-511

  Heller, Morton A ^a   Wilson, Kathy ^a   Steffen, Heather ^a   Yoneyama, Keiko ^a   Brackett, Deneen D ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0041419631     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p3423     Document Type: Article

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