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

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

This book features chapters from cognitive and developmental psychologists, neurologists and neuroscientists, and rehabilitation specialists and educators. Thes

A literary, historical and philosophical discussion of attitudes to blindness by the sighted, and what the blind 'see'Why has there been a persistent fascinatio