Early visual deprivation severely compromises the auditory sense of space in congenitally blind children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9788970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiziana Vercillo (0000-0001-9131-3624, University of Nevada, Reno, corresponding author), David C Burr (0000-0003-1541-8832, University of Florence), Monica Gori (0000-0002-5616-865X, Italian Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 847-853 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/dev0000103 |
| PMID | 27228448 |
| OpenAlex | W2403051753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
A recent study has shown that congenitally blind adults, who have never had visual experience, are impaired on an auditory spatial bisection task (Gori, Sandini, Martinoli, & Burr, 2014). In this study we investigated how thresholds for auditory spatial bisection and auditory discrimination develop with age in sighted and congenitally blind children (9 to 14 years old). Children performed 2 spatial tasks (minimum audible angle and space bisection) and 1 temporal task (temporal bisection). There was no impairment in the temporal task for blind children but, like adults, they showed severely compromised thresholds for spatial bisection. Interestingly, the blind children also showed lower precision in judging minimum audible angle. These results confirm the adult study and go on to suggest that even simpler auditory spatial tasks are compromised in children, and that this capacity recovers over time. (PsycINFO Database Record
Audiology · Auditory perception · Bisection · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Perception · Spatial Ability · Task (project management · Visual perception · Medicine · Multisensory perception and integration · Neuroscience · Psychology · Tactile and Sensory Interactions · Visual perception and processing mechanisms
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |