Auditory distance perception plays a major role in spatial awareness, enabling location of
objects and avoidance of obstacles in the environment. However, it remains under …

There is currently considerable interest in the consequences of loss in one sensory modality
on the remaining senses. Much of this work has focused on the development of enhanced …

An exciting possibility for compensating for loss of sensory function is to augment deficient
senses by conveying missing information through an intact sense. Here we present an …

Performance for an obstacle circumvention task was assessed under conditions of visual,
auditory only (using echolocation) and tactile (using a sensory substitution device, SSD) …

The perceptual brain is designed around multisensory input. Areas once thought dedicated
to a single sense are now known to work with multiple senses. It has been argued that the …

D gait analysis is the gold standard but many healthcare clinics and research institutes
would benefit from a system that is inexpensive and simple but just as accurate. The present …

Until recently, a commonly held view was that blindness resulted in enhanced auditory
abilities, underpinned by the beneficial effects of cross-modal neuroplasticity. This viewpoint …

According to the ecological theory of perception–action, perception is primarily of
affordances, which are directly perceivable opportunities for behavior. The current study …

The ability of blind humans to navigate complex environments through echolocation has
received rapidly increasing scientific interest. However, technical limitations have precluded …

Vision is the dominant sense for perception-for-action in humans and other higher primates.
Advances in sight restoration now utilize the other intact senses to provide information that is …