Crossmodal interaction between the mental number line and peripersonal haptic space representation in sighted and blind individuals

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 885-890

  Cattaneo, Zaira ^a   Fantino, Micaela ^b   Tinti, Carla ^c   Silvanto, Juha ^d,e   Vecchi, Tomaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TOUCH;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955298181     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.4.885     Document Type: Article

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