Spontaneous representation of Vista spaces: similarities and differences between sighted and blind people

Victor Vergnieux (1) , Marc J.-M. Macé (2, 3) , Hombeline Valton (2) , Emmanuel Barbeau (4) , Christophe Jouffrais (2, 3)

1 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
2 IRIT-ELIPSE - Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE
3 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4 CERCO - Centre de recherche cerveau et cognition

Vista space (VS) is a psychological space whose scale is “larger than the body but can be visually apprehended from a single place without appreciable locomotion” [Montello, 1993]. Moreover, VS can combine to represent larger spaces [Meilinger, 2008]. VS are considered as unit elements of mental representations of space and have only been assessed in sighted subjects (not in visually impaired people).

Mots clés: Urban space; Spatial representation; Vista space

Domaines: Informatique

Victor Vergnieux, Marc J.-M. Macé, Hombeline Valton, Emmanuel Barbeau, Christophe Jouffrais. Spontaneous representation of Vista spaces: similarities and differences between sighted and blind people. 7th International Conference on Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2018), Sep 2018, Rome, Italy. pp.1-2. ⟨hal-02279423⟩