Configurational imagery experience in sighted and visually impaired children

Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue SPPL. ISS., 2011, Pages 128-133

  Gandhi, T K ^a   Khurana, A ^b   Santhosh, J ^b   Anand, S ^a  

^a All India Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Haptic scaling; Somesthetic systems; Spatial ability; Spatial imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860273663     PISSN: 00194247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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