Visual and Tactual Perception of Shape by Young Children.

Brynat, P. E.; Raz, I.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Visual and Tactual Perception of Shape by Young Children

Brynat, P. E.; Raz, I.

Developmental Psychology, 11, 4, 525-526, Jul 75

Simultaneous and successive visual and tactual shape discrimination were examined in this study which replicated with modifications an earlier study. When ceiling effects were precluded, data support the conclusion that children often find it more difficult to discriminate shapes by touch than by vision. (GO)

Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Pattern Recognition, Preschool Children, Tactual Perception, Visual Perception

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