Morton A. Heller, Edouard Gentaz

Psychology of Touch and Blindness (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews the considerable body of research on the touch skills of blind people. Emphasizing cognitive and neuroscientific approaches, it encompasses a wide-ranging discussion of the theoretical issues in the field of touch perception and blindness, and also speaks to the basic nature of spatial imagery and the importance and necessity -- or lack thereof -- of specific visual sensory experience for the acquisition of knowledge about space, spatial layout, and picture perception. The book will appeal to researchers and professionals with an interest in touch and blindness and a wider audience of cognitive psychologists and cognitive neuroscientists working in the field of perception.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134521593
• Artikelnr.: 39705283

Autorenporträt

Morton A. Heller is Professor Emeritus and the former chair of the Psychology Department at Eastern Illinois University. He has edited four books on touch and blindness. Dr. Heller has served on the Editorial Board of Perception, and is an action editor for the journal. He has interests in spatial perception and drawing in blind and sighted people, the relationship between the senses of vision and touch, spatial memory, and illusions in touch and vision.

Edouard Gentaz is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Geneva and Director of Research at the CNRS Laboratory of Psychology and Neurocognition at Grenoble. His research, which has theoretical and applied dimensions, focuses in particular on the development of sensori-motor and cognitive abilities in typical populations and in blind people. He is the author or co-author of more than 80 articles in refereed journals and several books.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Historical and Philosophical Background. 2. Cognitive
Neuroscience of Touch. 3 The Haptic Perception of Objects and their
Properties. 4. Illusions. 5. Intermodal Relations. 6. Development of Haptic
Perception over the Life-Span. 7. Blindness: General Introduction Pattern
Perception, Imagery, Spatial Orientation, and Mobility. 8. Picture
Perception and Blind People. 9. Braille and New Technology. 10. Haptics in
Learning Reading, Handwriting and Mathematics. 11. Tactile Interfaces and
Applications. 12. General Conclusions: Implications of Current Research for
Theory and Applications.