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Haptic Perception Of The Horizontal By Blind And Low-Vision Individuals, Morton A. Heller, Deneen D. Brackett, Eric Scroggs, Angela C. Allen, Shavonda Green Jan 2001

Haptic Perception Of The Horizontal By Blind And Low-Vision Individuals, Morton A. Heller, Deneen D. Brackett, Eric Scroggs, Angela C. Allen, Shavonda Green

Morton A. Heller

We examined haptic perception of the horizontal in visually impaired people. Blind people (late blind and congenitally blind), persons with very low vision, and blindfolded sighted individ- uals felt raised-line drawings of jars at four angles. They had to demonstrate their understanding that water remains horizontal, despite jar tilt, by selecting the correct raised-line drawing given four choices. Low-vision subjects, with near perfect scores, performed significantly better than the other groups of subjects. While the late-blind and blindfolded sighted subjects performed slightly better than the congenitally blind participants, the difference between the late-blind and congenitally blind groups was nonsignificant. The …


Review Of Running, John Stephen Brantley Jan 2001

Review Of Running, John Stephen Brantley

Steve Brantley

No abstract provided.


Review Of Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution, John Stephen Brantley Jan 2001

Review Of Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution, John Stephen Brantley

Steve Brantley

No abstract provided.


Review Of Gale Encyclopedia Of Alternative Medicine, John Stephen Brantley Jan 2001

Review Of Gale Encyclopedia Of Alternative Medicine, John Stephen Brantley

Steve Brantley

No abstract provided.


Review Of Encyclopedia Of The Biosphere: Humans In The Worlds Ecosystems, John Stephen Brantley Jan 2001

Review Of Encyclopedia Of The Biosphere: Humans In The Worlds Ecosystems, John Stephen Brantley

Steve Brantley

No abstract provided.


Review Of Handbook Of Hypnotic Inductions, John Stephen Brantley Jan 2001

Review Of Handbook Of Hypnotic Inductions, John Stephen Brantley

Steve Brantley

No abstract provided.