Further evidence that congenitally blind participants react faster to auditory and tactile spatial targets

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-293

  Collignon, Olivier ^a   De Voider, Anne G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auditory; Blindness; Psychophysics; Sensory compensation; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TOUCH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74349116986     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015415     Document Type: Article

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