Tactile maze solving in congenitally blind individuals

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 989-992

  Gagnon, Léa ^a   Kupers, Ron ^b   Schneider, Fabien C ^c,d   Ptito, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

blindness; navigation; route learning; tactile maze

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957596615     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833eaaf9     Document Type: Article

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