Research on touch and blindness has undergone rapid transformation in recent years, with dramatic developments in technology designed to provide assistance to t

This book reviews the considerable body of research that has been done to evaluate the touch skills of blind people. With an emphasis on cognitive and neuroscie

Psychological studies of touch and blindness have been fraught with controversy. Within this field there remains an important theoretical divide. Many researche

This book reviews the considerable body of research on the touch skills of blind people. Emphasizing cognitive and neuroscientific approaches, it encompasses a

The dominance of vision is so strong in sighted people that touch is sometimes considered as a minor perceptual modality. However, touch is a powerful tool whic