Effects of late visual impairment on mental representations activated by visual and tactile stimuli

Brain Research

Volumn 1148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-176

  Cattaneo, Zaira ^a   Vecchi, Tomaso ^a   Monegato, Maura ^a,b   Pece, Alfredo ^b   Cornoldi, Cesare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Melegnano Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Spatial memory; Tactile; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247128731     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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