[Numerical cognition: what can we learn from blind people?] 2016

Virginie Crollen, and Olivier Collignon
Centre for Mind/Brain Science, university of Trento, Via delle Regole 101, 38060 Mattarello, Italie - Institut de Recherches en Sciences Psychologiques (IPSY), institut de Neuroscience (IoNS), université catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique.

The representation of numbers is assumed to interact with two visuo-motor functions. On the one hand, following the observation that children often use their fingers to learn the counting sequence and basic arithmetic operations, numbers were assumed to interact with finger movements. On the other hand, following the recurrent observation that small numbers are preferentially associated with the left side of space while large numbers are preferentially associated with the right side of space, numbers were assumed to interact with space. In this paper, we will examine the role vision plays in shaping these interactions between fingers and numbers and between numbers and space. To this aim, different experiments with blind and sighted people will be detailed. The role of developmental vision on the development of the finger-numeral representation will first be examined. Then we will investigate the influence of developmental vision on the visuo-spatial representation of numbers.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008433 Mathematics The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Mathematic
D010465 Perception The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted. Sensory Processing,Processing, Sensory
D001766 Blindness The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE. Amaurosis,Bilateral Blindness,Blindness, Bilateral,Blindness, Legal,Blindness, Monocular,Blindness, Unilateral,Sudden Visual Loss,Unilateral Blindness,Blindness, Acquired,Blindness, Complete,Blindness, Hysterical,Blindness, Transient,Acquired Blindness,Amauroses,Bilateral Blindnesses,Complete Blindness,Hysterical Blindness,Legal Blindness,Monocular Blindness,Sudden Visual Losses,Transient Blindness,Visual Loss, Sudden
D003071 Cognition Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism obtains knowledge. Cognitive Function,Cognitions,Cognitive Functions,Function, Cognitive,Functions, Cognitive
D005385 Fingers Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND. Finger
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013028 Space Perception The awareness of the spatial properties of objects; includes physical space. Perception, Space,Perceptions, Space,Space Perceptions
D014785 Vision, Ocular The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signals which can then be transmitted to the brain. Vision,Light Signal Transduction, Visual,Ocular Vision,Visual Light Signal Transduction,Visual Phototransduction,Visual Transduction,Phototransduction, Visual,Transduction, Visual
D046709 Pattern Recognition, Physiological The analysis of a critical number of sensory stimuli or facts (the pattern) by physiological processes such as vision (PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL), touch, or hearing. Pattern Recognition, Auditory,Pattern Recognition, Tactile,Auditory Pattern Recognition,Physiological Pattern Recognition,Recognition, Auditory Pattern,Recognition, Physiological Pattern,Recognition, Tactile Pattern,Tactile Pattern Recognition

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