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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Spatial navigation in the absence of vision is a complex field studied across multiple disciplines.
  • Understanding spatial knowledge acquisition, abilities, strategies, and mental representations in blind individuals is crucial.
  • Recent neuroscience and technology offer new insights into neural mechanisms and functional reorganization in spatial navigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a framework for investigating differences in spatial knowledge acquisition between blind and sighted individuals.
  • To review behavioral and neuroscientific evidence on navigation in congenitally blind individuals.
  • To highlight the need to differentiate strategy choice from performance in navigation research.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on spatial navigation in blind populations.
  • Analysis of behavioral and neuroscientific evidence.
  • Examination of technological assistance for navigation.

Main Results:

  • A proposed framework of three longitudinal models (convergent, cumulative, persistent) for studying spatial knowledge acquisition.
  • Identification of methodological limitations, including population heterogeneity and terminological ambiguity.
  • Emphasis on the need to disentangle strategy and performance in assessing navigation abilities.

Conclusions:

  • Despite advances, consensus on amodal spatial representations in navigation is lacking.
  • Methodological rigor and clear terminology are needed for progress.
  • Future research should focus on disentangling strategies and performance to better understand navigation in blind individuals.