Braille learning: One modality is sometimes better than two

Abstract

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. © 1990, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.