The Secretary's Office will bo open for registration
and information at the Teatro Titano on the following hours:
Thursday, May
21 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Friday, May 22 8.00-12.00 a.m. / 2.00-6.00 p.m.
Saturday, May
23 8.00-12.00 a.m. /
2.00-6.00 p.m.
via N.
Bonaparte, 3 - 47890 SAN MARINO RSM
Tel.
0549/88.26.17 - 88.25.14 - 88.25.06
- Modality and Mind: Convergent active
Processing in
interrelated networks-CAPIN as a model of
thinking
and development.
S. Millar
Department
of Experimental Psychology, University of
Oxford (GB)
- Recognizing outline pictures via touch: Axis
Theory.
J.M. Kennedy
University of
Toronto at Scarborough (CDN)
- Mental Imagery in the blind.
C. Cornoldi
Dipartimento di
Psicologia, Università di Padova (I)
- How does early visual experience affect the
representation of the haptic space?
Y. Rossetti*, F. Gaunet, P. Fourneret, L. Pisella
and C.
Thinus-Blanc**
* Vision et Motricité, I.N.S.E.R.M. (Bron,
F)
** Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, CNRS (Marseille,F)
- Spatial orientation among person without
vision:
Perceptual learning and imagery accounts
for
differences in performance.
J. Rieser
Vanderbilt University
(USA)
- The effect of acoustic training on spatial
updating
ability in the congenitally blind.
R.D. Easton and B.L. Bentzen
Boston College (Chetsnut
Hill, MA, USA)
- The Representation-Action Loop: A means for
understanding the effects of early
blindness on
spatial processing.
C. Thinus Blanc* and F. Gaunet**
* Centre de recherche
en Neurosciences Cognitives(Marseille,F)
**
L.P.P.A., CNRS, Collège de France (Paris, F)
- Visuo-spatial processing limitations in
congenitally
blind people.
T. Vecchi
Istituto di Psicologia,
Università di Milano (I)
- Movement execution and mental representation.
D.Rapaic, J.Ivanus, G.Nedovic, B.Jablan and
Z.Savkovic
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Defectology
(YU)
- 5.00p.m. Tea Break
- 5.20p.m. Poster Session
- 6.50p.m. A&B
- 8.00p.m. Social Dinner
May 23 Saturday
- 9.00p.m. Paper Session 2: Haptics
- Haptic Perception of spatial relations.
A.M.L. Kappers and J.J. Koenderink
Helmholtz Instituut, Department of
Physics of Man
(Utrecht,NL)
- Haptics perception of geometrical illusions:
Combination of figures, active control and
quantification of the effects.
M. Casla, F. Blanco and D. Travieso
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (E)
- Haptic perception of 3D real and virtual
objects.
G. Jansson
Uppsala University (S)
- Role of memorization in the haptic processing
of
orientation:A study on the oblique effect.
E. Gentaz* and Y. Hatwell
* Universitè de Geneve
(CH)
**
Laboratoire de Psychologie Expérimentale, Université Pierre
Mendès
(Grenoble, F)
- Improvement of haptic spatial capacity by the
reduction of motor constraints.
S. Machon, T.Ohlmann, A. Belloni, K.
Masson and
E. Pinson
Université
Pierre Mendès (Grenoble, F)
- Implicit and explicit memory for objects
presented
to vision and touch
S. Ballesteros and J.M. Reales
Universidad
Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (Madrid, E)
- 11.00a.m. Coffee Break
- 11.20a.m. Paper Session 3:
Graphics/Maps
- How do blind people draw?: David Katz's
research on
the drawnings of blind and sighted
children.
A. Costall* and D. Vedeler**
* University of
Portsmouth (GB)
** University of Trondheim (Dragvoll,N)
- Individual differences in memory
acquisition from
maps by blind and sighted peope.
S. Ungar, M. Blades and C.Spencer
Glasgow Caledonian University (GB)
- Meeting the diagram needs of a real student.
R.Hinton
Loughborough University (GB)
- Tactile imagery for lifelong learning.
A.F. Tatham
Commission on Maps and Graphics for
Blind and Visually
Impaired People,
International Cartographic
Association (London,GB)
- Exploration of the lines displayed by a
tactile mouse.
T. Watanabe*,T.Tamechika** and
T.Ifukube***
* National
Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation (J)
** Tokyo Denki University (J)
*** Research Institute for Electronics
Science,Hokkaido
University (J)
- An analysis of different museum's
comunicative
instruments for blind people.
M.Asensio* and C.Simon**
*
Universidad Autonomoma de Madrid (E)
** Universidad Pontificia de
Comillas (E)
- 1.20p.m. Lunch
- 3.00p.m. Paper Session 4: Language
and Braille-reading
- Lexical Relations in Blind Children.
A. van Loon-Vervoorn and L.Elbers
Universiteit
Utrecht (NL)
- Social-pragmatic contexts facilitating
communication between blind infants
and their
families.
S.Norgate
Open University
(Milton Keynes,GB)
- Reading by touch: Accuracy, comprehension,
and
speed of processing.
M.J.Tobin
University of
Birmingham (GB)
- Levels of processing in on-line text
Braille-reading.
M. Carreiras
Universidad de La
Laguna (E)
- Size does matter - new insights into how
blind
children learn Braille.
F.Barlow-Brown
Southampton
University (GB)
- What is the role of letter knowledge in
learning to
read? Evidence from the
blind child.
F.Barlow-Brown and V.Connolly
Southampton
University (GB)
Final Remarks
C.Cornoldi and H.Heller
POSTERS
A. Graphics/Space/Maps
1) Gesture as an Index of Blind and
Sighted Children's Mental
Representations
in
Large -
and Small- Scale Route Directions Tasks.
J.Iverson, Indiana University
(Bloomington,
USA)
2)
Temporal Patterns in the haptic exploration of
tridimensional objects: A
comparison
between blind and blindfolded subjects. D.Travieso,
M.Casla
and
F.Blanco, Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid (E)
3)
Tactile pattern recognition by a graphic display:
Evaluation of presentation
modality.
Y.Shimizu, Department of Information Science,
Tsukuba College
of
Technology (J) and
M.Shinohara, National Institute of Bioscience and
Human-
Technology (Tsukuba, J)
4)
Tactile Map and an electronic Compass in practical
application. A.Yngstrom
(Sweden)
5)
Diagrams as the language of science. D.Hinton,
Loughborough University
(GB)
6)
CBT for the blind: From picture based to 3D model
based textbooks.
J.Loetzsch, GFaI
Sachsen e.V. (Dresden, D)
7)
Pictorial Representation in touch for the blind to
manipulate an automatic
teller machine.
H.Wake, T.Wake, H.Takahashi, and N.Yamazaki,
Kanagawa
University (Yokohama, J)
8)
Drawings by the blind. F.J.Lima and J.Da Silva,
Universidade de São Paulo
(Ribeirão
Preto, BR) and M.A.Heller, Winston-Salem State
University (USA)
9)
Haptic exploration and mental estimation of
distances in a fictitious island:
From mind's eye to mind's hand.F.Blanco,
D.Travieso and M.Casla,
Univ.
Autónoma de Madrid
(E)
10)
Haptic discrimination of 2D raised line shapes by
blind and sighted
humans. S.Russier, Université Lumière Lion II (F)
11)
Drawings in blind children. G.Pinto, M.Baldeschi,
and G.Baldan,
Universita' di Firenze (I)
B. General/Haptics/Development
1)
Study of the adaptation of the subtest "Analogical
Matrix" derived from
K- ABC to children with a
visual handicap. D.Deret and F.Jamet, Université
Paris VIII (F)
2)
Anisotropy in haptic perception of curved shapes.
S.C.Pont, A.M.L.Kappers and
J.J.Koenderink, Helmholtz Instituut
(Utrecht,
NL)
3) Exploratory Patterns and Reactions to Spatial
Change: Early Visual
Experience Contribution.
F.Gaunet, CNRS, College de France (Paris, F) and
C.Thinus-Blanc, Centre de Recherche
en Neurosciences Cognitives
(Marseille, F)
4) Scale Shift learning and representation in
blind people. F.Martinez-
Sarocchi, CNRS,
Université Toulouse (F)
5)
Informal contexts of blind people learning.
M.Asensio, Universidad
Autonomoma deMadrid (E) and C.Simon, Universidad
Pontificia de
Comillas (E)
6) The development of reaching in blind infants.
D.Robin, Indiana University
(USA)
7)
Visual and haptic 3D structural representations:
Mechanisms of exchange
revealed by cross-modal priming. A.J.Greene,
University of Virginia,
Department of Neurosurgery (USA) and R.D.Easton,
Boston College(USA)
8) Stereotyped behaviors in blind children with
and without other
neurodevelopmental handicaps. E.Fazzi, C.Termine, C.Gheza, T.Cavallaro,
S.Signorini, and G.Lanzi, Dipartimento
di Neuropsichiatria Infantile,
Università di Pavia(I)
9) The assessment of language comprehension in
the blind. The adaptation
of the Token test for the
assessment of language comprehension in the
blind.
G.Azzano, Liceo Scientifico "A Righi" (Bologna, I);
M.Perazzini,
Centro Regionale per le
disabilità linguistico–cognitive in eta evolutiva
(Bologna, I) and
G.Stella, Istituto di Psicologia, Universita’ di Urbino (I)
and Centro Regionale
di disabilità linguistico-cognitive (Bologna, I)
10)
Interactive auditory and visual images in the
blind. C.Tinti, D.Galati,
L.Vecchio,
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita' di Torino
(I) and R.De
Beni, C.Cornoldi,
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita' di Padova,
(I)
11) Perceptual and cognitive strategies in
bimanual Braille reading.
S.Portalier, Université
de Lyon V (Bron, F)
12) Tactual-kinesthetic exploration in the
sighted and in the blind. L.Eid, ISEF,
Milano (I) and
M.Clement, UFRAPS, Lyon I (F)
13)
Mental representation of visually impaired
teenagers/experience in an
historic site.
M.C.Wanet-Defalque, G.Michaux, A.Van Lierde, and
P.Jeuniaux, Laboratoire de Genie
de
la Rehabilitation Neurale, Université
Catholique de Louvain (Brussels, B)
14) The effect of orientation on Braille
recognition in sighted and blind
subjects. M.A.Heller,
J.A.Calcaterra, and S.Green, Winston-Salem State
University(USA)
15)
Tactual Communication Methods Used by Deaf-Blind
Individuals.
L.A.Delhorne,
C.M.Reed, and N.I.Durlach, Massachusetts Institute
of
Technology (Cambridge, MA,
USA)
16)
Basic process of Braille reading and metalinguistic
abilities. C.Simon,
Universidad
Pontificia de Comillas (E) and M.Asensio,
Universidad
Autonomoma de Madrid (E)
17)
Reach on sound: A crucial function in early
development of blind children.
E.Fazzi
C.Termine, C.Gheze, T.Cavallaro, S.Signorini,
G.Lanzi,
Dipartimento di Neuropsichiatria Infantile,
Università di Pavia (I) and
J.Lanners, Early Intervention Center for Visually
Handicapped Children
(Verbania, I)
18)
Findings with the tactile Display System.
B.Richardson and M.Symmons,
Psychology
Department, Monash University (Victoria, AUS) and
J.M.Kennedy, University of Toronto
at Scarborough (CDN)
19) The relationship between play and mental
imagery. M.Dik and
Y.Moleman, Visio
(Amsterdam, NL)
RELATORI (Participants)
- M.A. Heller,
Winston-Salem State University, NC, USA
- M.T.
Turvey, Center for the Ecological
Study of Perception and Action,University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CTand Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, USA
- S.
Millar, Dept. of Experimental
Psychology, University of Oxford, GB
- J.M. Kennedy,
University
of Toronto at Scarborough, CDN
- F. Gaunet, Vision et
Motricité, Bron, I.N.S.E.R.M, Bron, F L.P.P.A., C.N.R.S., Collège de
France, Paris, F
- P. Fourneret, L. Pisella,
Y. Rossetti,
Vision et Motricité, Bron, I.N.S.E.R.M, Bron, F
- C. Thinus-Blanc,
Center for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience,
C.N.R.S., Marseille, F
- J. Rieser, Vanderbilt
University, USA
- B.L. Bentzen, R.D.
Easton, Boston College, MA, USA
- T.
Vecchi,
Istituto di Pscicologia, Scuola di Medicina, Università di Milano, I
- D.Ivanu, B.Jablan, G.Nedovi,
Rapaic, Z.Savkovi, University of Belgrade, Faculty of
Defectology, YU
- A.M.L. Kappers, J.J. Koenderink, Helmholtz
Inst., Dept. of Physics of Man,Utrecht, NL
- F. Blanco, M. Casla,
D. Travieso, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E
- G. Jansson, Uppsala
University, S
- E. Gentaz, Université de
Genève, CH
- Y.
Hatwell, Laboratoire de Psychologie Expérimentale, Université
Pierre Mendès,
Grenoble, F
- A. Belloni, S. Machon, K.
Masson, T. Ohlmann, E. Pinson, Université Pierre Mendès,
Grenoble, F
- S. Ballesteros, J.M. Reales,Universidad
Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, E
- A. Costall, University of
Portsmouth, GB
- D. Vedeler, University of
Trondheim, Dragvoll, N
- M. Blades, C. Spencer, S.
Ungar, Glasgow Caledonian University, GB
- R. Hinton, Loughborough
University, GB
- A.F.
Tatham, Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Visually
Impaired People,
International Cartographic Association, London, GB
- T.
Watanabe, National Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation, J
- T. Tamechika, Tokyo Denki
University, J
- T.
Ifukube, Research Institute for Electronic Science,
Hokkaido University, J
- M.
Asensio, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E
- C.
Simon, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, E
- L.
Elbers, A.van Loon-Vervoorn,
Universiteit Utrecht, NL
- S.
Norgate, Open University - Milton Keynes, GB
- M.J.
Tobin, University of Birmingham, GB
- M.
Carreiras, Universidad de La Laguna, E
- V.
Connolly, Southampton University, GB
- J.
Iverson, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
- Y.
Shimizu, Dept. of Information Science, Tsukuba College of
Technology, J
- M.
Shinohara, National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology,
Tsukuba, J
-
A.Yngstrom, Sweden
- D.
Hinton, Loughborough University, GB
- J.
Loetzsch, GFaI Sachsen e.V., Dresden, D
- H.
Takahashi, N. Yamazaki, H. Wake, T. Wake,Kanagawa University,
Yokohama, J
- J. Da
Silva, F.J. Lima,
Universidad de Sao Paolo, Ribierto Preti, BR
- S.
Russier, Univerrsité Lumière Lion II, F
- G. Baldan, M. Baldeschi, G.
Pinto, Università di Firenze, I
- D.
Deret, F. Jamet, Université Paris VIII, F
- F.
Martinez-Sarocchi, C.N.R.S., Université Toulouse, F
- D.
Robin, Indiana University, USA
- A.J.
Greene, University of Virginia, Dept. of Neurosurgery, USA
- T.
Cavallaro, E. Fazzi, C. Gheza, G. Lanzi, S. Signorini, C. Termine,
Dipartimento di
Neuropschiatria Infantile, Università di Pavia, I
- G.
Azzano, Liceo Scientifico "A Righi", Bologna, I
- M.
Perazzini, Centro Regionale per le disabilità linguistico–cognitive
in età evolutiva,
Bologna,
I
- G.
Stella, Centro Regionale di disabilità linguistico-cognitive,
Università di Bologna e
Facoltà
di Pscicologia, Università di Urbino, I
- D.
Galati, C. Tinti, L. Vecchio,
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di Torino, I
- R. De
Beni, C. Cornoldi, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università di
Padova, I
- S.
Portalier, Université de Lyon V, Bron, F
- L.
Eid, ISEF, Milano, I
- M.
Clement, UFRAPS, Lyon I, F
- M.C.
Wanet-Defalque, P. Jeuniaux, G. Michaux, A. Van Lierde,
Laboratoire de Genie
de la
Rehabilitation Neurale, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, B
- J.A.
Calcaterra, S. Green, Winston – Salem State University, USA
- L.A.
Delhorne, N.I. Durlach, C.M. Reed, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology,
Cambridge, USA
- J.
Lanners, Early Intervention Center for Visually Handicapped
Children, Verbania, I
- B.
Richardson, M. Symmons, Psychology Dept., Monash University,
Churchill, Victoria,
AUS
