Development of sensitivity to spacing versus feature changes in pictures of houses: Evidence for slow development of a general spacing detection mechanism?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-382

  Robbins, Rachel A ^a   Shergill, Yaadwinder ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a   Lewis, Terri L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; House pictures; Object discrimination; Perceptual development; Spacing versus feature changes; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79953027900     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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