title: The development of visual object recognition in school-age children.
abstract: This study documents the age-dependent development of visual object recognition abilities in 115 children aged 6 to 11 years, using a battery of neuropsychological tests based on Marrs model (Efron test, Warringtons Figure-Ground Test, Street Completion Test, Poppelreuter-Ghent Test, a selection of stimuli from the Birmingham Object Recognition Battery, a series of color photographs of objects presented from unusual perspectives or illuminated in unusual ways). The results suggest a maturation of complex visual perceptual abilities, possibly related to the development of the cerebral processes involved in object recognition, and could be the starting point for future investigations of these skills in impaired populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. stefania.bova@mondino.it
authors.forename: Stefania M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bova
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fazzi
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovenzana
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montomoli
authors.forename: Sabrina G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Signorini
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zoppello
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanzi
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001076:Aptitude; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010466:Perceptual Closure