Spatial Biases in Peripersonal Space in Sighted and Blind Individuals Revealed by a Haptic Line Bisection Paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1110-1121

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Early blind; Haptic line bisection; Pseudoneglect; Spatial representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; TOUCH;

ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERSONAL SPACE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 79961155207     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023511     Document Type: Article

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