Insights into the origins of knowledge from the cognitive neuroscience of blindness

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 56-84

  Bedny, Marina ^a   Saxe, Rebecca ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Concepts; Conceptual development; Experience; Innateness

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TOUCH;

BLINDNESS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TOUCH;

EID: 84867150176     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2012.713342     Document Type: Article

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