Knowing how to look predicts the ability to draw realistically. (23rd May 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Knowing how to look predicts the ability to draw realistically. (23rd May 2014)
- Main Title:
- Knowing how to look predicts the ability to draw realistically
- Authors:
- Drake, Jennifer E.
- Abstract:
- <abstract abstract-type="main" id="bjdp12048-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Some young children are able to create stunningly realistic drawings resembling those of adult artists. What perceptual abilities underlie this talent? This study examined two candidate skills on which adult artists excel: the ability to segment a complex form mentally (measured by the Block Design Task) and the ability to see hidden forms (measured by the Group Embedded Figures Test). Sixty‐seven 6‐ to 13‐year‐olds with a wide range of drawing abilities completed these tasks as well as an IQ test and an observational drawing task. While children who scored high on drawing realism outperformed those who scored low in drawing realism on both perceptual tasks, only detection of embedded figures predicted drawing realism. This occurred independently of age, gender, years of training, and verbal and non‐verbal IQ. There are certainly many contributors to this complex ability, but one component appears to be the tendency to see things more as they really are and thereby recognize the continuous contour of an object despite interference from other overlapping objects.</p> </abstract>
- Is Part Of:
- British journal of developmental psychology. Volume 32:Number 4(2014:Dec.)
- Journal:
- British journal of developmental psychology
- Issue:
- Volume 32:Number 4(2014:Dec.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 32, Issue 4 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0032-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 397
- Page End:
- 414
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05-23
- Subjects:
- Developmental psychology -- Periodicals
155 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)2044-835X ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/bjdp.12048 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0261-510X
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- Legaldeposit
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