Construction of cognitive maps of unknown spaces using a multi-sensory virtual environment for people who are blind

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1139-1155

  Lahav, Orly ^a   Mioduser, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ROBUST CONTROL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BLIND; COGNITIVE MAPPING; UNKNOWN SPACES;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 39749182320     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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