title: Earlier development of analytical than holistic object recognition in adolescence.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous research has shown that object recognition may develop well into late childhood and adolescence. The present study extends that research and reveals novel differences in holistic and analytic recognition performance in 7-12 year olds compared to that seen in adults. We interpret our data within a hybrid model of object recognition that proposes two parallel routes for recognition (analytic vs. holistic) modulated by attention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using a repetition-priming paradigm, we found in Experiment 1 that children showed no holistic priming, but only analytic priming. Given that holistic priming might be thought to be more 'primitive', we confirmed in Experiment 2 that our surprising finding was not because children's analytic recognition was merely a result of name repetition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest a developmental primacy of analytic object recognition. By contrast, holistic object recognition skills appear to emerge with a much more protracted trajectory extending into late adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom ; School of Psychology, University of East London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Elley
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wakui
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jüttner
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petters
authors.forename: Surinder
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hummel
authors.forename: Jules
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davidoff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D048788:Growth and Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult