Dispelling Educational Neuromyths: A Review of In‐Service Teacher Professional Development Interventions

L Rousseau - Mind, Brain, and Education, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite considerable progress made in educational neuroscience, neuromyths persist in the
teaching profession, hampering translational endeavors. The initial wave of interventions …

Perceiving depth beyond sight: Evaluating intrinsic and learned cues via a proof of concept sensory substitution method in the visually impaired and sighted

A Maimon, IY Wald, A Snir, M Ben Oz, A Amedi - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study explores spatial perception of depth by employing a novel proof of concept
sensory substitution algorithm. The algorithm taps into existing cognitive scaffolds such as …

The Topo-Speech sensory substitution system as a method of conveying spatial information to the blind and vision impaired

A Maimon, IY Wald, M Ben Oz, S Codron… - Frontiers in Human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Humans, like most animals, integrate sensory input in the brain from different sensory
modalities. Yet humans are distinct in their ability to grasp symbolic input, which is …

Cognitive map formation in the blind is enhanced by three-dimensional tactile information

M Bleau, C van Acker, N Martiniello, JP Nemargut… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
For blind individuals, tactile maps are useful tools to form cognitive maps through touch.
However, they still experience challenges in cognitive map formation and independent …