[bksvol-discuss] Re: possible scan
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:17:21 -0800 (PST)
E,
There are two books by that title (another example of
what was discussed here before). I suspect the one
you're thinking of is a 2005 book by Fergus Bordewich.
The other one, by Margaret Blair Young, is also about
the Underground Railroad but also about the Mormons.
The 2005 one is exclusively about the U.r.
Cindy
-- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Author whose name I am not sure of wrote a book we
> might add to the
> collection. Bound for Canan is a book about the
> underrground railroad.
>
> At 01:43 PM 3/29/2005, you wrote:
>
> > > I found this very interesting, and very logical.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > >
> > > > Subject: Fw: Blind people more accurate at
> judging
> > > > size than sightedpeople
> > > > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:35:04 -0600
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > News-Medical
> > > > Monday, March 28, 2005
> > > >
> > > > Blind people more accurate at judging size
> than
> > > > sighted people
> > > >
> > > > By Medical Research News
> > > >
> > > > Close your eyes and imagine a loaf of bread.
> With
> > > > your eyes still closed,
> > > > estimate with your hands the size of that loaf
> of
> > > > bread. Do you think your
> > > > mental representation is an accurate one?
> > > > Specifically, how accurately have
> > > > you gauged its size? According to researchers
> from
> > > > the University of Otago
> > > > in New Zealand, you probably overestimated the
> > > size
> > > > of the bread. That is,
> > > > unless you are blind.
> > > >
> > > > Researchers Melissa Smith, Elizabeth A. Franz,
> > > Susan
> > > > M. Joy, and Kirsty
> > > > Whitehead, of the University of Otago in New
> > > > Zealand, found that "blind
> > > > individuals were more accurate than sighted
> > > > individuals in representing the
> > > > size of familiar objects."
> > > >
> > > > Their findings are presented in the study,
> > > "Superior
> > > > Performance of Blind
> > > > Compared with Sighted Individuals on Bimanual
> > > > Estimations of Object Size,"
> > > > in the January 2005 issue of Psychological
> > > Science,
> > > > a journal of the
> > > > American Psychological Society.
> > > >
> > > > This research sought to examine the accuracy
> of
> > > > memory representations by
> > > > instructing participants to imagine a set of
> > > > familiar objects (e.g., a can
> > > > of soda, a loaf of bread, a carton of eggs)
> and
> > > then
> > > > demonstrate the size of
> > > > each object with their hands, without being
> able
> > > to
> > > > see. Participants
> > > > included both sighted individuals (who closed
> > > their
> > > > eyes for the task) and
> > > > blind individuals.
> > > >
> > > > "Surprisingly, in over one hundred
> participants
> > > with
> > > > normal vision, a marked
> > > > overestimation in object size was
> demonstrated,
> > > > suggesting that the
> > > > visual-memory representations in sighted
> > > individuals
> > > > might not be accurate
> > > > after all," Franz said. Meanwhile, blind
> > > > participants showed no
> > > > overestimation and were more accurate in
> > > estimating
> > > > object sizes.
> > > >
> > > > The researchers argue that in people who are
> > > blind,
> > > > the memory of familiar
> > > > objects relies only on manual (not visual)
> > > > representations that are based on
> > > > their experiences holding the actual objects.
> In
> > > > sighted individuals,
> > > > however, memory of familiar objects relies on
> > > > visual-memory representations.
> > > > The authors believe visual representations may
> be
> > > > inaccurate in size because
> > > > "sighted individuals see objects everyday in
> > > > different orientations and from
> > > > different distances."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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