چکیده (انگلیسی):

In order to find objects or places in the world, multiple sources of information, such as visual input, auditory
input and asking for directions, can help you. These different sources of information can be converged
into a spatial image, which represents configurational characteristics of the world. This paper
discusses the findings on the nature of spatial images and the role of spatial language in generating these
spatial images in both blind and sighted individuals. Congenitally blind individuals have never experienced
visual input, yet they are able to perform several tasks traditionally associated with spatial imagery,
such as mental scanning, mental pathway completions and mental clock time comparison, though
perhaps not always in a similar manner as sighted. Therefore, they offer invaluable insights into the exact
nature of spatial images. We will argue that spatial imagery exceeds the input from different input
modalities to form an abstract mental representation while maintaining connections with the input
modalities. This suggests that the nature of spatial images is supramodal, which can explain functional
equivalent results from verbal and perceptual inputs for spatial situations and subtle to moderate behavioral
differences between the blind and sighted.