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On study trials, subjects examined braille symbols (for the letters A-J or K-T) visually, haptically, or under one of two bimodality conditions in which use of one or both modalities was possible. All subjects were tested haptically. Performance was best for the visual group, next best for the two bimodality groups, and poorest for the haptic group. These results are to some extent interpretable using Freides’ (1974) modality-adeptness hypothesis.
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We thank John Calloway, Governor Morehead School for the Blind, for thermoform supplies and the use of thermoform equipment, and Donald Mershon for suggestions relating to the design of equipment for this experiment.
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Newman, S.E., Sawyer, W.L., Hall, A.D. et al. Braille learning: One modality is sometimes better than two. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 28, 17–18 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337636
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