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Samuel, Francoise; Kerzel, Dirk – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011
Do we perceive correctly whether a 2-D object is balanced or unbalanced? What would be the cause of biased equilibrium judgments? In two psychometric studies, we varied independently the characteristics of the objects and the equilibrium states. First, we observed that observers were excessively sensitive to the eccentricity of the object top.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Visual Perception
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Stavridou, Fotini; Kakana, Domna – Educational Research, 2008
Background: The study investigated a small range of cognitive abilities, related to visual-spatial intelligence, in adolescents. This specific range of cognitive abilities was termed "graphic abilities" and defined as a range of abilities to visualise and think in three dimensions, originating in the domain of visual-spatial…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Adolescents, Visual Perception, Foreign Countries