Children struggle beyond preschool-age in a continuous version of the ambiguous figures task
| Autor: | Martin J. Doherty, Elisabeth Stöttinger, Britt Anderson, Stefan Hawelka, Eva Rafetseder, James Danckert, Sarah Schuster |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male Eye Movements Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 050105 experimental psychology Task (project management) Developmental psychology Style (sociolinguistics) Discrimination Learning 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Child Development Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ddc:150 Theory of mind Inhibitory control Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attention Child Preschool child Psychological research Interpretation (philosophy) 05 social sciences Eye movement General Medicine Form Perception Pattern Recognition Visual Child Preschool Original Article Female Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Research |
| ISSN: | 1430-2772 |
| Popis: | Children until the age of five are only able to reverse an ambiguous figure when they are informed about the second interpretation. In two experiments, we examined whether children’s difficulties would extend to a continuous version of the ambiguous figures task. Children (Experiment 1: 66 3- to 5-year olds; Experiment 2: 54 4- to 9-year olds) and adult controls saw line drawings of animals gradually morph—through well-known ambiguous figures—into other animals. Results show a relatively late developing ability to recognize the target animal, with difficulties extending beyond preschool-age. This delay can neither be explained with improvements in theory of mind, inhibitory control, nor individual differences in eye movements. Even the best achieving children only started to approach adult level performance at the age of 9, suggesting a fundamentally different processing style in children and adults. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00426-019-01278-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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