SPATIAL REPRESENTATION BY PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND - A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Authors
OCHAITA E HUERTAS JA
Citation
E. Ochaita et Ja. Huertas, SPATIAL REPRESENTATION BY PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND - A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, Journal of visual impairment & blindness, 87(2), 1993, pp. 37-41
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation
Journal title
Journal of visual impairment & blindness → ACNP
ISSN journal
0145482X
Volume
87
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
37 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0145-482X(1993)87:2<37:SRBPWA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Children and adolescents who are congenitally and adventitiously blind were divided into four age groups and introduced to two different unf amiliar environments (small and large) in a maximum of four trials. Sp atial representation was assessed through the subjects' construction o f models and estimates of distance. It was found that age is the most important factor, while learning seems to play a subordinate role in t he development of spatial representation of blind people.