Does Knowledge of Spatial Configuration in Adults with Visual Impairments Improve with Tactile Exposure to a Small-scale Model of Their Urban Environment?

This study assessed the efficiency of a model of a familiar urban area for enhancing knowledge of the spatial environment by adults with visual impairments. It found a significant improvement in knowledge of spatial configuration after exposure to the model, suggesting that models are powerful means...

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Published inJournal of visual impairment & blindness Vol. 103; no. 4; pp. 199 - 209
Main Authors Picard, Delphine, Pry, René
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2009
American Foundation for the Blind
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Ability
Adults
Behavior
Blindness
Coding
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Mapping
Gender differences
Humanities and Social Sciences
Inferences
Learning
People with disabilities
Pretests Posttests
Psychology
Recognition (Psychology)
Scale models
Scores
Space
Spatial Ability
Students
Task Analysis
Topography
Urban Areas
Urban Environment
Visual impairment
Visual Impairments
United Kingdom > UK
England
France
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Summary:This study assessed the efficiency of a model of a familiar urban area for enhancing knowledge of the spatial environment by adults with visual impairments. It found a significant improvement in knowledge of spatial configuration after exposure to the model, suggesting that models are powerful means of developing cognitive mapping in people who are visually impaired.
ISSN:0145-482X
1559-1476
DOI:10.1177/0145482X0910300403