Abstract
Previous research (e.g., Jüttner et al, 2013, Developmental Psychology, 49, 161-176) has shown that
object recognition may develop well into late childhood and adolescence. The present study extends
that research and reveals novel di
erences in holistic and analytic recognition performance in 7-11
year olds compared to that seen in adults. We interpret our data within Hummel’s hybrid model of
object recognition (Hummel, 2001, Visual Cognition, 8, 489-517) that proposes two parallel routes
for recognition (analytic vs. holistic) modulated by attention. 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. 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
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 19 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Perception |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | S1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Aug 2013 |
| Event | 36th European Conference on Visual Perception - Bremen, Germany Duration: 25 Aug 2003 → 29 Aug 2003 |