The influence of early visual deprivation on audio-spatial working memory.

Conclusions: Lack of early visual experience affects the ability to encode the surrounding space. Congenital blindness influences the processing and retrieval of spatial auditory items, suggesting that visual experience plays a pivotal role in calibrating spatial memory abilities using the remaining sensory modalities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Neuropsychology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research