Prof. Morton A. Heller

Eastern Illinois University, 3041 Physical Science Building, Department of Pyschology, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, Illinois 61920, United States of America.
Tel: +1 217 581 2323
Email: maheller@eiu.edu
Web: http://psych.eiu.edu/

Interests

Professor Morton Heller's research interests include: Blindness, Tactile Pictures, Illusions, Spatial Imagery, Spatial Cognition and Memory.

Current projects

Haptic Spatial Perception in the Sighted and the Blind

Publications

Heller, M. A., Wilson, K., Steffen, H., Yoneyama, K. & Brackett, D. D. (2003) Superior haptic perceptual selectivity in late-blind and very-low-vision subjects. Perception, 32, 499-511.

Heller, M. A., Brackett, D. D., Salik, S. S., Scroggs, E., & Green, S. (2003) Objects, raised-lines and the haptic horizontal-vertical Illusion. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology:A, 56, 891-907.

Heller, M. A., Brackett, D. D., Scroggs, E., Steffen, H., Heatherly, K., & Salik, S. (2002) Tangible pictures: viewpoint effects and linear perspective in visually impaired people. Perception, 31, 747-769.

Heller, M. A., Brackett, D. D., & Scroggs, E. (2002) Tangible picture matching in people who are visually impaired. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 96, 349-353.

Heller, M. A. (2002) Tactile picture perception in sighted and blind people. Behavioral Brain Research, 135, 65-68.

Heller, M. A., Brackett, D. D., Wilson, K., Yoneyama, K., Boyer, A., & Steffen, H. (2002). The Haptic Muller-Lyer illusion in sighted and blind people. Perception, 31, 1263-1274.

Heller, M. A., Brackett, D. D., Wilson, K., Yoneyama, K., & Boyer, A. (2002) Visual experience and the haptic horizontal-vertical illusion. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 20, 105-109.

Heller, M. A. ed (2000) Touch, representation and blindness. Debates in Psychology Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press.