Comparing Methods for Introducing Blind and Visually Impaired People to Unfamiliar Urban Environments

@article{citeulike:388148, abstract = {This paper reports two experiments which compared the effectiveness of different methods for introducing blind and visually impaired people to the spatial layout of urban environments. In Experiment 1, 30 blind and visually impaired adults learnt a long and complex route through an area of central Madrid (Spain) either by direct experience or by a combination of direct experience and a tactile map or a combination of direct experience and a verbal description of the area. Performance on measures of practical spatial knowledge and of representational spatial knowledge was significantly better in participants in the tactile map condition. In Experiment 2, participants learnt a similar route in an area of Sheffield (Britain) using either just a tactile map or by direct experience. No significant difference was found between the two conditions using the same measures as in Experiment 1.}, author = {Espinosa, Angeles M. and Ungar, Simon and Ochaita, Esperanza and Blades, Mark and Spencer, Christopher }, citeulike-article-id = {388148}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jevp.1998.0097}, journal = {Journal of Environmental Psychology}, keywords = {blind, cogntion}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {277--287}, posted-at = {2005-11-11 14:09:20}, priority = {3}, title = {Comparing Methods for Introducing Blind and Visually Impaired People to Unfamiliar Urban Environments}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jevp.1998.0097}, volume = {18}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:388148 L3 - citeulike-article-id:388148 TI - Comparing Methods for Introducing Blind and Visually Impaired People to Unfamiliar Urban Environments JF - Journal of Environmental Psychology VL - 18 IS - 3 SP - 277 EP - 287 N2 - This paper reports two experiments which compared the effectiveness of different methods for introducing blind and visually impaired people to the spatial layout of urban environments. In Experiment 1, 30 blind and visually impaired adults learnt a long and complex route through an area of central Madrid (Spain) either by direct experience or by a combination of direct experience and a tactile map or a combination of direct experience and a verbal description of the area. Performance on measures of practical spatial knowledge and of representational spatial knowledge was significantly better in participants in the tactile map condition. In Experiment 2, participants learnt a similar route in an area of Sheffield (Britain) using either just a tactile map or by direct experience. No significant difference was found between the two conditions using the same measures as in Experiment 1. KW - blind KW - cogntion AU - Espinosa, Angeles AU - Ungar, Simon AU - Ochaita, Esperanza AU - Blades, Mark AU - Spencer, Christopher PY - 1998/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jevp.1998.0097 ER -