Reconstructing, recognizing, and reproducing object figures: a fixed order.
In this study it is hypothesized that there are three distinct levels of representation and that these levels are hierarchical. The hypothesis was tested by having 100 six-year old boys and girls represent one of the most basic Bender-Gestalt figures. It was demonstrated that a representation of this figure through object reconstruction is prerequisite to recognizing the object figure from a collection of figures which in turn is prerequisite to representing the object figure using a pencil-and-paper reproduction.
D001154:Art; D001538:Bender-Gestalt Test; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D009048:Motor Skills; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000523:psychology