Functional Equivalence of Spatial Images From Touch and Vision: Evidence From Spatial Updating in Blind and Sighted Individuals

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 621-634

  Giudice, Nicholas A ^a   Betty, Maryann R ^b   Loomis, Jack M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional equivalence; Haptic learning; Spatial updating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955743822     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022331     Document Type: Article

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