Space and time in the sighted and blind

@article{Bottini2015SpaceAT,
  title={Space and time in the sighted and blind},
  author={Roberto Bottini and Davide Crepaldi and Daniel Casasanto and Virgine Crollen and Olivier Collignon},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2015},
  volume={141},
  pages={67-72}
}
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