Tactile acuity in the blind: A psychophysical study using a two-dimensional angle discrimination task
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Growing evidence suggests that blind subjects outperform the sighted on certain tactile discrimination tasks depending on cutaneous inputs. The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of blind (n = 14) and sighted (n = 15) subjects in a haptic angle discrimination task, depending on both cutaneous and proprioceptive feedback. Subjects actively scanned their right index finger over pairs of two-dimensional (2-D) angles (standard 90 degrees ; comparison 91-103 degrees ), identifying the larger one. Two exploratory strategies were tested: arm straight or arm flexed at the elbow so that joint movement was, respectively, mainly proximal (shoulder) or distal (wrist, finger). The mean discrimination thresholds for the sighted subjects (vision occluded) were similar for both exploratory strategies (5.7 and 5.8 degrees , respectively). Exploratory strategy likewise did not modify threshold in the blind subjects (proximal 4.3 degrees ; distal 4.9 degrees ), but thresholds were on average lower than for the sighted subjects. A between-group comparison indicated that blind subjects had significantly lower thresholds than did the sighted subjects, but only for the proximal condition. The superior performance of the blind subjects likely represents heightened sensitivity to haptic inputs in response to visual deprivation, which, in these subjects, occurred prior to 14 years of age.
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Çoban, B., Harris, S. N., Gür, B., Corrales, M., Silva, A. J. C. D., Shevchuk, D., Leptien, K., Goldschmidt, D., Schnaitmann, C., Kempf, A., et al. (2026) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.64898/2026.06.16.732444
- Authors
- Alary, F., Goldstein, R., Duquette, M., Chapman, C. E., Voss, P., & Lepore, F.
- Affiliations
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- ORCID
- Voss, Patrice
- Venue
- Experimental Brain Research
- Published
- 2008-02-28
- Volume
- 187
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 587-594
- ISSN
- 0014-4819 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1106
- OpenAlex
- W1999691334
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 3.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Experimental Brain Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
- Keywords
- tactile acuity, blindness, cutaneous feedback, proprioception, visual deprivation, exploration strategy, arm flexion, discrimination thresholds, blind versus sighted comparison
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Blindness, Discrimination, Psychological, Female, Fingers, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Proprioception, Psychomotor Performance, Psychophysics, Sensory Thresholds, Touch, Recognition, Psychology
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