Impaired visual size-discrimination in children with movement disorders
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Impaired visual size-discrimination in children with movement disorders
Multisensory integration of spatial information occurs late in childhood, at around eight years (Gori, Del Viva, Sandini, & Burr, 2008). For younger children, the haptic system dominates size discrimination and vision dominates orientation discrimination: the dominance may reflect sensory calibration, and could have direct consequences on children born with specific sensory disabilities. Here w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychologia
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0028-3932
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.04.009