A Developmental Difference in Shape Processing and Word-Shape Associations between 4 and 6.5 Year Olds

In distinguishing individual shapes (defined by their contours), older children (6.5 years of age on average) performed better than younger children (4 years of age on average), and, although the task did not involve any categorization or generalization, the error pattern was qualitatively affected...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bart Ons, Johan Wagemans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-08-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/i0481