Abstract
Children, ranging in age from 3 years, 4 months to 5 years, 4 months, were tested for sensitivity to interposition, height in field, linear perspective, and retinal size under either restricted (monocular, head motionless) or unrestricted (binocular, head free) picture surface viewing conditions. All of the subjects’ relative depth responses (near vs. far) to two toy houses were remarkably accurate with interposition and or height in field pictorial depth information. Retinal size had relatively little control over their responses, and the addition of linear perspective resulted in no significant improvement. Performance was nearly equivalent under the two viewing conditions, indicating young children’s ability to take a “pictorial attitude.”
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This research was supported by the Council on Research and Creative Work at the University of Colorado.
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Olson, R.K. Children’s sensitivity to pictorial depth information. Perception & Psychophysics 17, 59–64 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203998
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