Enhancing general spatial skills of young visually impaired people with a programmable distance discrimination training: a case control study

Enhancing general spatial skills of young visually impaired people with a programmable distance discrimination training: a case control study

Abstract Background The estimation of relative distance is a perceptual task used extensively in everyday life. This important skill suffers from biases that may be more pronounced when estimation is based on haptics. This is especially true for the blind and visually impaired, for which haptic esti...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio Leo, Elisabetta Ferrari, Caterina Baccelliere, Juan Zarate, Herbert Shea, Elena Cocchi, Aleksander Waszkielewicz, Luca Brayda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
Visual impairment
Distance estimation
Training
Programmable tactile displays
Learning
Haptics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12984-019-0580-2

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