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Local and Global Processing in Blind and Sighted Children in a Naming and Drawing Task
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Puspitawati, Ira; Jebrane, Ahmed; Vinter, Annie – Child Development, 2014
This study investigated the spatial analysis of tactile hierarchical patterns in 110 early-blind children aged 6-8 to 16-18 years, as compared to 90 blindfolded sighted children, in a naming and haptic drawing task. The results revealed that regardless of visual status, young children predominantly produced local responses in both tasks, whereas…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Processes, Child Development, Naming
Visual Distinctiveness and the Development of Children's False Memories
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Howe, Mark L. – Child Development, 2008
Distinctiveness effects in children's (5-, 7-, and 11-year-olds) false memory illusions were examined using visual materials. In Experiment 1, developmental trends (increasing false memories with age) were obtained using Deese-Roediger-McDermott lists presented as words and color photographs but not line drawings. In Experiment 2, when items were…
Descriptors: Children, Memory, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli
The Representation of Extendedness in Children's Drawings of Sticks and Discs.
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Willats, John – Child Development, 1992
Children were asked to draw sticks and discs that were foreshortened and not foreshortened. Seven- and 12-year-old children used a partial change of shape in drawing foreshortened sticks and a full change of shape in drawing foreshortened discs. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Copying in Drawing: The Importance of Adequate Visual Analysis versus the Ability to Utilize Drawing Rules
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Rand, Colleen Wright – Child Development, 1973
It was concluded that drawing rules are essential and that adequate visual analysis is a necessary but not sufficient prerequisite to the production of accurate copies. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Data Analysis, Freehand Drawing, Preschool Children