Visual experiences in the blind induced by an auditory sensory substitution device

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 492-500

  Ward, Jamie ^a   Meijer, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blind; Mental imagery; Sensory substitution; Synaesthesia synesthesia; Visual consciousness; vOICe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSORY AIDS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77649234227     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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