title: Vision, spatial cognition and intellectual disability.
abstract: Vision is the most synthetic sensory channel and it provides specific information about the relative position of distant landmarks during visual exploration. In this paper we propose that visual exploration, as assessed by the recording of eye movements, offers an original method to analyze spatial cognition and to reveal alternative adaptation strategies in people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Our general assumption is that eye movement exploration may simultaneously reveal whether, why, and how, compensatory strategies point to specific difficulties related to neurological symptoms. An understanding of these strategies will also help in the development of optimal rehabilitation procedures.
authors.affiliation: Consultation of Liaison Psychiatry for Intellectual Disability, Community Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: fabienne.Giuliani@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Site de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schenk
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Eye movement; Intellectual disability; Spatial memory; Vision