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Koutsoklenis, Athanasios; Papadopoulos, Konstantinos – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2014
Introduction: The study presented here examines which haptic cues individuals with visual impairments use more frequently and determines which of these cues are deemed by these individuals to be the most important for way-finding in urban environments. It also investigates the ways in which these haptic cues are used by individuals with visual…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, Cues, Visually Impaired Mobility
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Papadopoulos, Konstantinos; Papadimitriou, Kimon; Koutsoklenis, Athanasios – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
The study presented here sought to explore the role of auditory cues in the spatial knowledge of blind individuals by examining the relation between the perceived auditory cues and the landscape of a given area and by investigating how blind individuals use auditory cues to create cognitive maps. The findings reveal that several auditory cues…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Maps, Cues, Cognitive Mapping
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Koutsoklenis, Athanasios; Papadopoulos, Konstantinos – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
This study examined which olfactory cues individuals with visual impairments use most often and determined which of these cues these individuals deemed to be the most important for wayfinding in urban environments. It also investigated the ways in which the individuals use these olfactory cues. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Navigation
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Koutsoklenis, Athanasios; Papadopoulos, Konstantinos – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
The study presented here examined which auditory cues individuals with visual impairments use more frequently and consider to be the most important for wayfinding in urban environments. It also investigated the ways in which these individuals use the most significant auditory cues. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Impairments, Urban Areas, Auditory Stimuli