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Diener, Marissa L.; Wright, Cheryl A.; Smith, Katherine N.; Wright, Scott D. – Creativity Research Journal, 2014
The goal of this study was to develop a measure of creativity that builds on the strengths of youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The assessment of creativity focused on the visual-spatial abilities of these youth using 3D modeling software. One of the objectives of the research was to develop a measure of creativity in an authentic…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Creativity, Creativity Tests
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Papadopoulos, Konstantinos; Koustriava, Eleni; Kartasidou, Lefkothea – Journal of Special Education, 2012
The aim of this study is to examine the ability of children and adolescents with visual impairments to code and represent near space. Moreover, it examines the impact of the strategies they use and individual differences in their performance. A total of 30 individuals with visual impairments up to the age of 18 were given eight different object…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Visual Impairments, Children, Individual Differences
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Rauschenberger, Robert; Yantis, Steven – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2006
The authors present 10 experiments that challenge some central assumptions of the dominant theories of visual search. Their results reveal that the complexity (or redundancy) of nontarget items is a crucial but overlooked determinant of search efficiency. The authors offer a new theoretical outline that emphasizes the importance of nontarget…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Visual Acuity, Visual Stimuli, Visual Perception