Heller M A, Mitchell B Y
Percept Mot Skills. 1985 Oct;61(2):363-9. doi: 10.2466/pms.1985.61.2.363.
Braille words (Exp. 1) and individual braille characters (Exp. 2) were touched by 60 naive sighted observers while vision of the tangible patterns was excluded. The embossed code had to be matched against a visible representation of braille and letter equivalents. The reading of braille was aided by the use of large braille or standard braille with extra space inserted between characters. Reading was impaired when subjects were limited to the use of the fingerpad and were prohibited from employing the fingertip. Recognition was not altered by covering the hand with vinyl examination gloves. It was suggested that beginning braille readers might profit from extra space between the braille characters comprising words. Furthermore, the use of the more sensitive fingertip to explore braille patterns helped, perhaps by encouraging sequential identification of spatial information.
在排除对有形图案的视觉的情况下，60名未接触过盲文的视力正常的观察者触摸了盲文字词（实验1）和单个盲文字符（实验2）。凸起的代码必须与盲文及其字母等效物的可见表示相匹配。使用大字号盲文或在字符之间插入额外空格的标准盲文有助于盲文阅读。当受试者仅限于使用指腹且被禁止使用指尖时，阅读能力会受到损害。用乙烯基检查手套覆盖手部不会改变识别效果。研究表明，刚开始学习盲文的读者可能会从构成单词的盲文字符之间的额外空格中受益。此外，使用更敏感的指尖来探索盲文图案可能会有所帮助，也许是通过鼓励按顺序识别空间信息来实现的。
