Improvement in Spatial Imagery Following Sight Onset Late in Childhood

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 693-701

  Gandhi, Tapan K ^a,b   Ganesh, Suma ^c   Sinha, Pawan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c DR SHROFF S CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

cognitive development; mental models; visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896838863     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613513906     Document Type: Article

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