Spatial navigation by congenitally blind individuals

VR Schinazi, T Thrash… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Spatial navigation in the absence of vision has been investigated from a variety of
perspectives and disciplines. These different approaches have progressed our …

Designing sensory-substitution devices: Principles, pitfalls and potential 1

Á Kristjánsson, A Moldoveanu… - Restorative …, 2016‏ - content.iospress.com
An exciting possibility for compensating for loss of sensory function is to augment deficient
senses by conveying missing information through an intact sense. Here we present an …

Functional connectivity density in congenitally and late blind subjects

W Qin, Y Xuan, Y Liu, T Jiang, C Yu - Cerebral Cortex, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Visual deprivation during different developmental periods leads to different structural and
functional alterations in the brain; however, the effects of visual deprivation on the …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive map formation supported by auditory, haptic, and multimodal information in persons with blindness

L Ottink, H Buimer, B van Raalte, CF Doeller… - Neuroscience & …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
For efficient navigation, the brain needs to adequately represent the environment in a
cognitive map. In this review, we sought to give an overview of literature about cognitive map …

Teaching the blind to find their way by playing video games

LB Merabet, EC Connors, MA Halko, J Sánchez - 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Computer based video games are receiving great interest as a means to learn and acquire
new skills. As a novel approach to teaching navigation skills in the blind, we have developed …

Cognitive map formation through tactile map navigation in visually impaired and sighted persons

L Ottink, B Van Raalte, CF Doeller, TM Van der Geest… - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
The human brain can form cognitive maps of a spatial environment, which can support
wayfinding. In this study, we investigated cognitive map formation of an environment …

Efficiency of sensory substitution devices alone and in combination with self-motion for spatial navigation in sighted and visually impaired

C Jicol, T Lloyd-Esenkaya, MJ Proulx… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Human adults can optimally combine vision with self-motion to facilitate navigation. In the
absence of visual input (eg, dark environments and visual impairments), sensory substitution …

Sensory substitution and the neural correlates of navigation in blindness

DR Chebat, V Harrar, R Kupers, S Maidenbaum… - Mobility of visually …, 2018‏ - Springer
This chapter reviews the most recent advances in sensory substitution and the neural
correlates of navigation in congenital blindness. Studies have established the superior …

Spatial competence and brain plasticity in congenital blindness via sensory substitution devices

DR Chebat, FC Schneider, M Ptito - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
In congenital blindness (CB), tactile, and auditory information can be reinterpreted by the
brain to compensate for visual information through mechanisms of brain plasticity triggered …

A standing posture is associated with increased susceptibility to the sound-induced flash illusion in fall-prone older adults

J Stapleton, A Setti, EP Doheny, RA Kenny… - Experimental brain …, 2014‏ - Springer
Recent research has provided evidence suggesting a link between inefficient processing of
multisensory information and incidence of falling in older adults. Specifically, Setti et al.(Exp …