The auditory, somatosensory (tactile) and visual cortices have detailed spatial organization. For instance, sub-regions of the somatosensory cortex that respond to finger touch lie next to each other ...

The tactile sign uses Braille and distinct textures to physically map out the waterfront, indicating the locations of buildings, walking paths and sidewalks, the railroad tracks and docks.

Tactile paving for people with visual impairments in Japan has recently been enhanced with audio guidance, as the developers ...

In this latest study, Morash and fellow researchers at UC Berkeley and the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco tested 14 blind adults and 14 blindfolded sighted adults on several ...

Over months, Kaplan developed a tactile "code" for his 3-D map that could be traced with a finger and understood by a nonsighted person. Knowing Braille wasn't necessary.

Making a tactile map like this isn’t easy, says Anna Vetter, a cartographer who works in Zürich for the mapping software company Esri and led the team that created the new atlas.

The Switchyard Park Tactile Map on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The city of Bloomington will unveil the park system’s first tactile map on Friday. Here’s what it is and where you can experience it.