?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Mental+rotation+of+a+tactile+layout+by+young+visually+impaired+children&rft.creator=Ungar%2C+Simon&rft.creator=Blades%2C+Mark&rft.creator=Spencer%2C+Christopher&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Mental+rotation+tasks+have+been+used+to+probe+the+mental+imagery+of+both+sighted+and+visually+impaired+people.+People+who+have+been+blind+since+birth+display+a+response+pattern+which+is+qualitatively+similar+to+that+of+sighted+people+but+tend+to+respond+more+slowly+or+with+a+higher+error+rate.+It+has+been+suggested+that+visually+impaired+people+code+the+stimulus+and+its+(or+their+own)+motion+in+a+different+way+from+sighted+people+-+in+particular%2C+congenitally+blind+people+may+ignore+the+external+reference+framework+provided+by+the+stimulus+and+surrounding+objects%2C+and+instead+use+body-centred+or+movement-based+coding+systems.+What+has+not+been+considered+before+is+the+relationship+between+different+strategies+for+tactually+exploring+the+stimulus+and+the+response+pattern+of+congenitally+blind+participants.+Congenitally+blind+and+partially+sighted+children+were+tested+for+their+ability+to+learn+and+recall+a+layout+of+tactile+symbols.+Children+explored+layouts+of+one%2C+three+or+five+shapes+which+they+then+attempted+to+reproduce.+On+half+the+trials+there+was+a+short+pause+between+exploring+and+reproducing+the+layouts.+In+an+aligned+condition+children+reproduced+the+array+from+the+same+position+at+which+they+had+explored+it%3B+in+a+rotated+condition+children+were+asked+to+move+90%26%23730%3B+round+the+table+between+exploring+and+reproducing+the+layout.+Both+congenitally+blind+and+partially+sighted+children+were+less+accurate+in+the+rotated+condition+than+in+the+aligned+condition.+Five+distinct+strategies+used+by+the+children+in+learning+the+layout+were+identified.+These+strategies+interacted+with+both+visual+status+and+age.+We+suggest+that+the+use+of+strategies%2C+rather+than+visual+status+or+chronological+age%2C+accounts+for+differences+in+performance+between+children.&rft.publisher=Pion&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1527%2F1%2Fblindrotation.htm&rft.identifier=++Ungar%2C+Simon+and+Blades%2C+Mark+and+Spencer%2C+Christopher++(1995)+Mental+rotation+of+a+tactile+layout+by+young+visually+impaired+children.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1527%2F