Navigation with a sensory substitution device in congenitally blind individuals

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 342-347

  Chebat, Daniel Robert ^a   Schneider, Fabien C ^b   Kupers, Ron ^c   Ptito, Maurice ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congenital blindness; navigation; obstacle detection; sensory substitution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955052750     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283462def     Document Type: Article

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