Local and global processing in blind and sighted children in a naming and drawing task

Category

Journal Article

Authors

Puspitawati,I., Jebrane, A., Vinter, A.

Year

2014

Title

Local and global processing in blind and sighted children in a naming and drawing task

Journal / book / conference

Child Development

Abstract

This study investigated the spatial analysis of tactile hierarchical patterns in 110 early blind children aged 6-8 to 16-18 years, as compared to 90 blindfolded sighted children, in a naming and haptic drawing task. The results revealed that regardless of visual status, young children predominantly produced local responses in both tasks, while the production of integrated responses emerged later. Development of local and global processing seems to proceed similarly in the two populations but local processing continued to occur at high levels over a larger age range in the blind. The possibility of visual mediation is pointed out, as totally blind children tended to process information locally more often than blind children with minimal light perception.

Volume

85

Pages

1077-1090

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