title: Working memory for braille is shaped by experience.
abstract: Tactile working memory was found to be more developed in completely blind (congenital and acquired) than in semi-sighted subjects, indicating that experience plays a crucial role in shaping working memory. A model of working memory, adapted from the classical model proposed by Baddeley and Hitch1 and Baddeley2 is presented where the connection strengths of a highly cross-modal network are altered through experience.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris Descartes; Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab 71; Boulogne, France.
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scherzer
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Viau
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lepore