Using virtual environment to improve spatial perception by people who are blind

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-177

  Lahav, Orly ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33646730776     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.174     Document Type: Article

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