Second language learning research suggests that visual aids and illustrations have the potential to enhance proficiency retention of vocabulary terms in a foreign language. This study builds off this literature by studying Native English speakers Polish words using images versus no images. quantitative compares effectiveness 2 methods within groups studied 10 Polish: (1) participants with virtu...

Abstract Visual art has been used to revamp the portrayal of climate change with aims engaging emotions and expanding nonexperts’ psychological capacity perceive its relevance. However, empirical evidence supporting effectiveness artistic representation data as a tool for public communication is lacking. Using controlled experiments two national samples U.S. adults (total N = 671), here we foun...

ED 032 669 EC 004 238 Sensory Aids for the Blind. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. Washington, D.C. Committee on Prosthetics Reseakh and Development. Spons Agency-Veterans Administration. Washington. D.C. Pub Date Mar 67 Note-57p. EDRS Price MF -S025 HC-S2.95 Descriptors-Artificial Speech. Auditory Perception. Braille. Equipment Evaluation. *Exceptional Child Services. I...

We ask whether bilingualism aids cognitive control over the inadvertent guidance of visual attention from working memory and from bottom-up cueing. We compare highly-proficient Catalan-Spanish bilinguals with Spanish monolinguals in three visual search conditions. In the working memory (WM) condition, attention was driven in a top-down fashion by irrelevant objects held in WM. In the Identify c...

Abstract This study explores the representation and use of Victorian visual aids, specifically focusing on how design spectacle eyeglass frames shaped ideas ‘normal’ ‘abnormal’ body. It contributes to our understanding assistive technologies in period by showcasing usefulness material evidence for exploring an object was produced perceived. By placing aids their medical cultural context first t...

People with both visual and mobility impairments have great difficulty using conventional mobility aids for the blind. As a consequence they have little opportunity to take exercise without assistance from a carer. The combination of visual and mobility impairments occurs most often among the elderly. In this paper we examine the issues related to mobility for the blind and pay particular atten...

EDITOR,—Between 16% and 40% of patients with AIDS develop cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR). 2 This typically presents when the CD4+ count drops below 75 cells/μl. Visual loss is usually due to retinal detachment, macular or optic nerve infection, or vascular occlusion. Typically a minimal inflammatory response is mounted. Patients with CMVR not associated with HIV infection may develop a vitrit...

EDITOR,—Between 16% and 40% of patients with AIDS develop cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR). 2 This typically presents when the CD4+ count drops below 75 cells/μl. Visual loss is usually due to retinal detachment, macular or optic nerve infection, or vascular occlusion. Typically a minimal inflammatory response is mounted. Patients with CMVR not associated with HIV infection may develop a vitrit...