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A COMPARATIVE SENSORY ANALYSIS OF HELEN KELLER AND LAURA BRIDGMAN

1929; American Medical Association; Volume: 21; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archneurpsyc.1929.02210240012002

2330-9628

Frederick Tilney,

Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function

It was my special problem in considering Helen Keller's sensory equipment to estimate as accurately as possible the value of the several senses contributing to her sensorium by which she gained an impression of her total environment. From her nineteenth month, she was blind and deaf. Her sense of smell, however, has been preserved and is of actual value to her in making contacts with the world. Her sense of taste is likewise preserved; it is, however, of much less value than the sense of smell but has not been without its benefits in her development. Being totally deprived of her visual and auditory senses, she depends primarily on her sense of touch. A comparison between Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman has important bearing. Miss Bridgman was even more limited as to her sensory avenues than Miss Keller. She lived to be about 60 years of age. During infancy she