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The ability to discriminate mirror images was tested with 5-year, 6-month-, to 6-year-old children in comparing performances using either visual or tactile cues. On the tactile tasks we observed that the blindfolded Ss could perform as proficiently as sighted ones when restricted to tactile palpation of the form outlines using only the fingers together with wrist movements. However, they performed significantly worse when movement was restricted to the shoulders and the form outlines were explored with the two tips of their outstretched forefingers.
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Martinez, F. Comparison of two types of tactile exploration in a task of mirror-image recognition. Psychon Sci 22, 124–125 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332528
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