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ERIC Number: EJ740865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jul
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X
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The Effects of Visual Experience and Training in Raised-Line Materials on the Mental Spatial Imagery of Blind Persons
Dulin, David; Hatwell, Yvette
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v100 n7 p414-424 Jul 2006
Visual experience improved performances of blind adults in mental rotation and mental representation of the path of a spot. Congenitally blind participants with high expertise in graphic material performed better than two categories of nonexpert participants--those who became blind early in their lives versus those who became blind later in their lives--indicating that graphic expertise may compensate for the lack of visual representations. Implications for teaching are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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