Neural representation of visual concepts in people born blind

Visual Representation of Social Actors in ELT Nursery Rhymes

With the advent of globalization, especially in its third phase (see Robertson, 2003), global relations of domination have undermined abuse of power at national and local levels (Fairclough, 2001). Global ELT textbooks, as corollaries of the globalization process, are not immune to the embedment of discriminatory discourses, as various studies have shown (see for example, Gray, 2010, 2012; Baba...

Self-esteem, general and sexual self-concepts in blind people.

BACKGROUND People with visual disability have lower self-esteem and social skills than sighted people. This study was designed to describe self-esteem and general and sexual self-concepts in blind people. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study, conducted in the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2013-2014. In this study, 138 visually impaired people participated from Is...

Visual cortex activity in early and late blind people.

Map Data Representation for Indoor Navigation by Blind People

A map is a basic element that is used for indoor and outdoor navigation which helps people find information about locations, landmarks, and routes. By the use of GPS, outdoor travelling is easier with free maps e.g. Google Maps providing geographic information during navigation. For indoors, indoor spatial information is not much informed by Google Maps and neither do commercial products that a...

The Effect of Visual Representation, Textual Representation, and Glossing on Second Language Vocabulary Learning

In this study, the researcher chose three different vocabulary techniques (Visual Representation, Textual Enhancement, and Glossing) and compared them with traditional method of teaching vocabulary. 80 advanced EFL Learners were assigned as four intact groups (three experimental and one control group) through using a proficiency test and a vocabulary test as a pre-test. In the visual group, stu...