Abilities and strategies of blind and sighted subjects in visuo-spatial imagery

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-222

  Vanlierde, Annick ^a   Wanet Defalque, Marie Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human blindness; Mental imagery; Visuo spatial processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION;

ADULT; APTITUDE; BLINDNESS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2442647876     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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