Using tactile maps to improve the practical spatial knowledge of adults who are blind

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 338-345

  Espinosa, M A ^a   Ochaita E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; SPAIN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0344835870     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9809200512     Document Type: Article

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