Impact of vision on the development of topographical orientation abilities

Neuroreport
Madeleine FortinFranco Lepore

Abstract

The current experiment examined the importance of visual input on the construction of inner spatial representations. Early and late-onset blind and paired control participants performed a tactile spatial orientation task. No significant group differences were observed, indicating that the blind can represent space. More errors, however, were committed by the early blind than by the late blind and sighted individuals in portions of the task that involved mental rotation skills, suggesting a potential facilitating role for vision in the proper development of spatial constructs.

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