A study was conducted with three eighth grade students to determine the separate and joint effects of image size, image brightness, and image contrast on the visibility of projected materials. Twenty-five hundred slides were presented, representing 20 slides each of all possible combinations of values of the independent variables. Telegraph keys…

In the three studies reported here, an attempt was made to determine whether adult native speakers of English can agree on the choice of phonetic labels for visually presented geometric figures. It was the purpose of these studies to obtain evidence in support of the "phonetic symbolism" hypothesis. An initial study and two replications…

Previous work shows that skilled college level readers tend to apprehend words as wholes, whereas they tend to process random strings of letters as a series of individual letters. Subjects in the study were forced to process words and non-word strings both serially and under conditions which allowed simultaneous processing, and their performances…

The raw data collected in a study to determine the effect of attention in measuring visual perception are provided. A key to the 19 numerical headings of the raw data tabulation is given. Two pages of tables presented the raw data. (For related documents, see TM 002 116,117.) (DJ)

Two experiments examined the effect of haptic exploration on visual recognition of nonsense forms by 4- to 7-year-old children. In Experiment 1, haptic activity was optional for S. The amount and type of activity was rated. Those Ss who voluntarily produced haptic activity reached criterion in a repeated exposure-test recognition task in fewer…

In order to examine the degree to which form perception affects the formation of apparent-motion experience, subjects were presented with nine ambiguous apparent-motion situations, where the elements of each single flash were various figures. (Editor)

Discusses visual and verbal literacy, how they relate to each other, and the role of visual literacy in communication among people. (JEG)

This review of the future in mental imagery emphasizes the potential benefits of attempting to integrate theory and data from educational communication and from several different approaches to cognitive psychology. (Author/STS)

The extent of the cognitive equivalence between a picture and the depicted object is the result of an interaction between the picture and the observer. The observer's reaction is largely determined by his pictorial sophistication and cultural background. (Author/STS)

Examined newborns' visual detection of peripheral and central stimuli. (BD)

Notes several factors which affect the readability of a printed message and contends that current typographical devices and styles are contrary to the fundamentals of eye physiology and detrimental to established reading habits. Available from: The Journal of Biocommunication, D. Raney, 3215 Haddon Road, Durham, NC 27705. (MH)

Infants aged 3, 5, and 7 months were shown solid objects and comparable intangible images of objects both within and beyond possible arm's reach. The infants' emotional reactions and reaching behavior in the presence of the image stimuli were found to be very similar to their responses to the solid objects. (Author/JMB)

A brief training procedure designed to improve elementary school children's performance on the Children's Embedded Figures Test resulted in significant improvement for girls but not for boys. (Author/JMB)