1. Introduction: questions and terms -- 2. Modality and cognition in developmental theories and the evidence -- 3. The modalities as convergent sources of spatial information -- 4. Neuropsychological evidence on convergence -- 5. Shape coding by vision and touch -- 6. Spatial coding: studies in small-scale space -- 7. Information and understanding large-scale space -- 8. Non-verbal representation: images, drawing, maps, and memory -- 9. Some practical implications -- 10. A theory of spatial understanding and development
Summary
How we perceive and understand the space around us is one of the central topics of cognitive psychology. This book challenges the notion that vision is the main sensory modality for this purpose, and compares vision with touch and movement as sources of spatial information in the absense of sight
Analysis
Space perception in children
Mental representation in children
Children, Blind
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-299) and indexes
Notes
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