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Direct linkPammer, Kristen; Lavis, Ruth; Cornelissen, Piers – Dyslexia, 2004
This study was designed to investigate the importance of spatial encoding in reading, with particular emphasis on visuo-spatial encoding mechanisms. Thirty one school children participated in the first study in which they were measured on their ability to solve a centrally presented spatial encoding task, as well as their sensitivity to the…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Cognitive Processes, Visual Measures, Spatial Ability
Peer reviewedScher, Anat – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Forty five-year-olds compared two arms of an L-shaped figure on-axis or perpendicular to axis inside circles of different diameters. In making perceptual judgments about the relative length, the children tended to describe the on-axis line as longer. The context model of visual anomalies was supported. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Hypothesis Testing, Pictorial Stimuli
