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Schematic faces varying in four features (eyes) and four orientations were presented to 46 children (10 from nursery school, 18 each from kindergarten and first grade). After familiarization and training on the matching-to-standard procedure, all children received 64 trials, 16 each from four tasks: features, orientations, feature-orientation combinations, and feature-orientation similarities. Results indicate that correct comparisons and response durations were affected by the different features and orientations, and were also related to the complexity of the tasks. Developmental trends were observed in the discriminations of mirror images and in feature-orientation combinations.
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Murray, F. S., & Moon, M. S. Effects of features and orientation on the perception of schematic faces in children. Paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, April 1975.
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This work was supported by a grant awarded to the first author from the Mednick Memorial Foundation. The authors would like to express their appreciation for the assistance and cooperation provided to them by the Principal, Sister Seraphim.. and the teachers, Janice Ford and Alma Warman, of Villa Maria Academy, and Margaret Sellick of the Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Nursery School.
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Murray, F.S., McGuinn, P.K. Discrimination of features and orientations of schematic faces by children. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 10, 283–286 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329337
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