On prior visual experience in mental map navigation using allocentric and egocentric perspectives in the visually impaired.
| Autor: | Afonso-Jaco A; Laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition, UniversitéParis Cité, Boulogne Billancourt, France.; Laboratoire Développement, Individu, Processus, Handicap, Éducation, Université Lumiére Lyon 2, Bron, France., Adam E; Laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition, UniversitéParis Cité, Boulogne Billancourt, France., Katz BFG; Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, UMR 7190, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) [Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)] 2024 Oct 22, pp. 17470218241286704. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 22. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17470218241286704 |
| Abstrakt: | Using new developments in the mental comparison task paradigm, this study addresses the question of the influence of prior visual experience in the natural use of mental perspective to achieve mental spatial tasks without any protocol-imposed perspective. During the experiment, 39 participants (11 early blind, 13 late blind, and 15 blindfolded-sighted) explored two corridor maps to memorise the spatial arrangement of 10 objects disposed along corridors. After the learning phase, several tasks addressing spatial memory and reasoning used in the mental spatial representation were performed. Blindfolded-sighted participants preferred an egocentric perspective, while the two visually impaired groups showed no overriding preference between egocentric and allocentric perspectives. Results showed a performance advantage for egocentric over allocentric perspectives, regardless of visual experience. Our results shed light on previous assumptions regarding cognitive mental map construction, suggesting the need to reflect on previous results and their dependence on imposed mental perspectives. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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