Children's spatial analysis of hierarchical patterns: Construction and perception

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1621-1631

  Vinter, Annie ^a   Puspitawati, Ira ^b   Witt, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b GUNADARMA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Drawing; Global processing; Hierarchical patterns; Local processing; Perceptual development

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ART; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 78649279904     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020615     Document Type: Article

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