'Twisted perspective' in young children's drawings

'Twisted perspective' in young children's drawings

Shows that young children depict objects by drawing typical outlines and by adopting a drawing-by-parts strategy, irrespective of viewpoint, resulting in 'twisted perspective'. Discusses results in relation to the phenomenon of size constancy. Proposes an enduring perceptual mechanism to a...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of developmental psychology 1992-03, Vol.10 (March 92), p.35-49
Hauptverfasser: Dziurawiec, S, Deregowski, J B
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Sprache:eng
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Distortion
Young children
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Zusammenfassung:Shows that young children depict objects by drawing typical outlines and by adopting a drawing-by-parts strategy, irrespective of viewpoint, resulting in 'twisted perspective'. Discusses results in relation to the phenomenon of size constancy. Proposes an enduring perceptual mechanism to account for the 'distortions' found. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0261-510X