Visual and proprioceptive recognition of cursive letters in young children
Catégorie
Journal Article
Auteurs
Vinter, A., Chartrel, E.
Année
2008
Titre
Visual and proprioceptive recognition of cursive letters in young children
Journal / Livre / Conférence
Acta Psychologica
Résumé
Two experiments investigated visual and proprioceptive recognition of cursive letters in young children. In Experiment 1, children aged 3-5 years were asked to recognize a visually presented target letter after a 3 s inspection time, from among two distracters: a highly and a moderately similar letter. Visual letter recognition improved rapidly between 3 and 5 years and was a function of the "uniqueness" of letter shape and of letter frequency. In Experiment 2, children aged 4-6 years were asked to recognize a target letter from among 2 distracters, after having traced over the letter in a "blind" condition, with their hand guided by the experimenter. Proprioceptive recognition developed more slowly than visual recognition, and was not a function of letter frequency. The results are discussed in terms of integration versus differentiation of perceptual information, and of the tendency to base recognition on local rather than global similarity.
Issue
1
Volume
129
Pages
147-156