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Peer reviewedHollyfield, Rebecca L.; Foulke, Emerson – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
Four groups (sighted, blindfolded sighted, legally blind, and blind) of adults were trained to traverse a five-block route in a residential neighborhood and were then asked to reconstruct the route from memory. Results showed the blind and sighted adults demonstrated similar abilities to learn routes but showed significant differences in memorial…
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Memory, Spatial Ability
