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Characteristics of the development of visual perception in five- to seven-year-old children

Human Physiology volume 35, pages 684–689 (2009)Cite this article

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The characteristic of visual perception (VP) were analyzed in five- to seven-year-old children according to a modified method of Frostig, which estimates the following VP components: visuospatial perception, figure-ground differentiation, and visuomotor integration. Age dependence of the development of VP components indicating the variation of the rates of their development was found. All VP components rapidly developed between five and six years of age; considerable changes in visuomotor integration and visuospatial perception were observed between six and seven years of age.

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Original Russian Text © M.M. Bezrukikh, N.N. Terebova, 2009, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 37–42.

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Bezrukikh, M.M., Terebova, N.N. Characteristics of the development of visual perception in five- to seven-year-old children. Hum Physiol 35, 684–689 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119709060048

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Keywords

  • Visual Perception
  • Spatial Relationship
  • Dyslexia
  • Ground Differentiation
  • Ebbinghaus Illusion