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Journal Articles Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Year : 2024

On prior visual experience in mental map navigation using allocentric and egocentric perspectives in the visually impaired

Abstract

Using new developments in the mental comparison task paradigm, this study addresses the question of the influence of prior visual experience in the natural use of mental perspective to achieve mental spatial tasks without any protocol-imposed perspective. During the experiment, 39 participants (11 early blind, 13 late blind, and 15 blindfolded-sighted) explored two corridor maps to memorise the spatial arrangement of 10 objects disposed along corridors. After the learning phase, several tasks addressing spatial memory and reasoning used in the mental spatial representation were performed. Blindfolded-sighted participants preferred an egocentric perspective, while the two visually impaired groups showed no overriding preference between egocentric and allocentric perspectives. Results showed a performance advantage for egocentric over allocentric perspectives, regardless of visual experience. Our results shed light on previous assumptions regarding cognitive mental map construction, suggesting the need to reflect on previous results and their dependence on imposed mental perspectives.
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hal-04702035 , version 1 (19-09-2024)

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Amandine Afonso-Jaco, Emma Adam, Brian F. G. Katz. On prior visual experience in mental map navigation using allocentric and egocentric perspectives in the visually impaired. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, inPress, ⟨10.1177/17470218241286704⟩. ⟨hal-04702035⟩
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