Cutaneous pattern perception on foreheads in 3- and 4-year-old children.

A study was conducted to investigate how three- and four-year-old children perceived mirror-image stimuli traced on their foreheads. Twenty-two three- and four-year-olds were taught matching-to-sample tasks with symmetrically shaped and asymmetrically shaped figures, called mirror-image stimuli, on...

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Publicado en:Journal of General Psychology Vol. 121; pp. 101 - 110
Autor principal: Itakura, Shoji
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd April 1994
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Sumario:A study was conducted to investigate how three- and four-year-old children perceived mirror-image stimuli traced on their foreheads. Twenty-two three- and four-year-olds were taught matching-to-sample tasks with symmetrically shaped and asymmetrically shaped figures, called mirror-image stimuli, on cards. Subjects were then taught cutaneous perception of a figure traced on the forehead by the experimenter's finger. Finally, subjects were tested with mirror-image stimuli in cutaneous perception tasks. Findings indicated that the subjects who could discriminate the mirror-image stimuli could also perceive asymmetrical stimuli as mirror reversals.