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The study of blindness and technology can reveal the mechanisms of three-dimensional navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Achille Pasqualotto  and
Michael J. Proulx
Achille Pasqualotto
Affiliation:
Biological and Experimental Psychology Group, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom. pasqualotto@qmul.ac.uk
Michael J. Proulx
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom. m.j.proulx@bath.ac.uk http://people.bath.ac.uk/mjp51/
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Abstract

Jeffery et al. suggest that three-dimensional environments are not represented according to their volumetric properties, but in a quasi-planar fashion. Here we take into consideration the role of visual experience and the use of technology for spatial learning to better understand the nature of the preference of horizontal over vertical spatial representation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 559 - 560
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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