A study of developmental aspects of selective attention and task-related strategies of attention in 2nd and 6th graders. Age differences were found and interpreted as reflecting the development of flexible as well as selective attention strategies. (DP)

There is evidence that when spatial orientation and spatial visualization are measured with either the French or Guilford-Zimmerman tests that the variance due to authorship is greater than that due to trait. (Authors)

Results reveal a relationship between two previously explored areas of inquiry: orientation errors in copying and preferences for the orientation of nonrealistic shapes. (Author)

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)

The investigation attempted to determine first, the correlations among the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception, the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, and an experimental Visual Discrimination Test of Words and second, the visual perceptual factors that emerged when the data were treated factorially. (Author)

Paper calls attention to the extent of iconic information processing in young children and presents data on children's ability to recall iconic information. (Authors)

Research studies how visual information and redundancy contribute to letter and word identification. (Authors)

Although Ss underestimated the size of the illusion in the predicted direction, no significant correlations between size of illusion and either age or IQ were found. (Authors)

Study analyzes figures children make with playdough, a different medium that provides evidence related to two opposing theories of the development of representation. (Author)