NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Clark, Earl D.; Clark, Marilyn P. – 1976
This paper develops a theoretical context for the concept that visual literacy involves a specific type of information processing that has been discussed in the literature on symbolism and epistemology for a number of years. Literacy is discussed first, as a general process of information processing involving the generation of knowledge through…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Educational Theories, Nonverbal Communication
Simcox, William A. – 1983
Limits of graphic display design component variation based on cognitive tolerance for imprecision were investigated using compatibility functions. The compatibility function is an empirical definition of a perceptual category representing the grade of membership of an implied physical attribute into a corresponding conceptual category, measuring…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Computer Graphics, Design Requirements
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; Hunt, Dennis – 1976
Individual differences in perceptual information processing were tested using 327 ten year old children, with verbal tasks representing successive information processing and spatial tasks representing simultaneous information processing. Three sets of tasks, (1) visual/reconstruction (V/R), (2) visual/verbal (V/VL), and (3) verbal/reconstruction…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Individual Characteristics