The thesis suggested in this paper points to a worldly way of thinking in which a particular interpretative context provides not only a framework for an understanding of various civilizations, but also, correlatively, a multitude of ways of understanding space, time, and motion. (Author)

This study is an initial investigation of the effects of a fading procedure upon acquisition and transfer of discrimination learning with children younger than 36 months of age. (CS)

To examine the relationship between visual attention in infancy and the stimulus variables of contour and numerosity, 2- and 4-month-olds were placed in three experimental conditions. The results showed that contour and numerosity, acting in tandem, are responsible for the age-complexity shift observed by previous investigators of infant…

This study investigated the differences between athletes and nonathletes in a) vertical and horizontal vision, and b) the relationship between sex and field of vision. (JS)

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO EXAMINE THE NONLINEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND THEIR INFORMATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS TO MEASURE THE RELATIVE EFFECTS UPON LEARNING OF (1) VISUAL IMAGES PRESENTED NONLINEARLY (CUMULATIVELY OR SIMULTANEOUSLY) AND (2) VISUAL IMAGES PRESENTED LINEARLY (SEQUENTIALLY). EXAMINATION OF THIS…

This study examined the hypothesis that the effective visual field of 5-year-old children is smaller than that of 8-year-old children and adults. In addition, an effort was made to determine whether task demands affect the size of the effective visual field and if so, whether the effects on performance are different for children and adults. A…

This study tested the hypothesis that newborns selectively orient toward angular elements in their visual field. Subjects were 36 awake and alert infants under 6 days of age. For each newborn, the study compared visual attention to three separately presented stimulus patterns: a complete outline triangle, only the sides of this triangle, and only…

The real impact of cinema consists in its ability to translate symbols, the mind's form of language, into dynamic moving images. Man's visual orientation produces both his positive reaction to motion--a key element in cinema--and his perceptions of coded, visual information--symbols. The complex relationship between symbols and rhythmic motion…

A study investigated how children between ages 5 and 11 perceive three types of film transition. A second purpose was to determine if there was an emergent recognition pattern among these three types of film transition devices: image magnification on a cut (a camera transition), lap dissolve (an optical transition), and clean exit (a subject…

A study was devised to determine whether, if color is found superior to black-and-white for communicating dynamic picture content, that superiority can be attributed to the realism of authentic color, or whether that superiority is the effect of the simple presence of color. A sample of 90 sixth grade students were shown slides, half of which…