Drawing as a tool for investigating the nature of imagery representations of blind people: The case of the canonical size phenomenon.

Several studies have shown that blind people, including those with congenital blindness, can use raised-line drawings, both for "reading" tactile graphics and for drawing unassisted. However, research on drawings produced by blind people has mainly been qualitative. The current experimental study wa...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 175 - 189
Autores principales: Szubielska, Magdalena, Kędziora, Wojciech, Augustynowicz, Paweł, Picard, Delphine
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2025
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          Szubielska, Magdalena
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          https://ror.org/04qyefj88 Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950, Lublin, Poland
          Independent researcher, Lublin, Poland
          https://ror.org/035xkbk20 Aix Marseille University, PSYCLE, Aix en Provence, France
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        People with visual disabilities
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        Adventitiously blind people
        Canonical size
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        Imagery
        Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Psychology
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      ab: Several studies have shown that blind people, including those with congenital blindness, can use raised-line drawings, both for "reading" tactile graphics and for drawing unassisted. However, research on drawings produced by blind people has mainly been qualitative. The current experimental study was designed to investigate the under-researched issue of the size of drawings created by people with blindness. Participants (N = 59) varied in their visual status. Adventitiously blind people had previous visual experience and might use visual representations (e.g., when visualising objects in imagery/working memory). Congenitally blind people did not have any visual experience. The participant's task was to draw from memory common objects that vary in size in the real world. The findings revealed that both groups of participants produced larger drawings of objects that have larger actual sizes. This means that the size of familiar objects is a property of blind people's mental representations, regardless of their visual status. Our research also sheds light on the nature of the phenomenon of canonical size. Since we have found the canonical size effect in a group of people who are blind from birth, the assumption of the visual nature of this phenomenon – caused by the ocular-centric biases present in studies on drawing performance – should be revised.
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