Understanding and representing space : theory and evidence from studies with blind and sighted children /
How we perceive and understand the space around us is one of the central topics of cognitive psychology. This book challenges the notion that vision is the main sensory modality for this purpose, and compares vision with touch and movement as sources of spatial information in the absense of sight.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1994.
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| Series: | Oxford science publications.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How we perceive and understand the space around us is one of the central topics of cognitive psychology. This book challenges the notion that vision is the main sensory modality for this purpose, and compares vision with touch and movement as sources of spatial information in the absense of sight. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 313 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-299) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191688416 019168841X |