The development of ambiguous figure perception /Marina C. Wimmer and Martin J. Doherty.

Wimmer, Marina C,

The development of ambiguous figure perception /Marina C. Wimmer and Martin J. Doherty. - Boston, Massachusetts : Wiley, (c)2011. - viii, 130 pages : illistrations ; 23 cm. - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; v. 76, no. 1 .

"April 2011." "Serial no. 298."



Ambiguous figures -- Study 1. Conceptual understanding of ambiguous figures -- Study 2. Reversing ambiguous figures -- Study 3. Reversing ambiguous figures and executive function -- Study 4. Reversing ambiguous figures and mental imagery -- Conception and perception of ambiguous figures.

This monograph has two aims: first to identify specific processes of the reversal phenomenon by using a developmental approach. Second, to use ambiguous figures as a research tool to shed more light onto children's developing understanding of pictorial representation.--Abstract.




Perception.
Perception in children.
Visual perception.

BF723 / .D484 2011 BF723