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Object processing in visual perception and action in children and adults.

Nina Schum1, Volker H Franz, Bianca Jovanovic

  • 1Department of Developmental Psychology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35394 Giessen, Germany. nina.schum@psychol.uni-giessen.de

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Adults process object dimensions interactively in perception but independently in action. Children show interactive processing in perception and some evidence in action, differing from adult object processing strategies.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Visual Perception
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Understanding how individuals perceive and interact with objects is crucial in developmental and cognitive psychology.
  • Previous research by Ganel and Goodale (2003) demonstrated distinct processing of object dimensions in adult visual perception versus action.
  • The developmental trajectory of these distinct processing strategies remains largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if children (6-7 and 9-10 years old) and adults process object dimensions interactively or independently.
  • To compare children's object dimension processing with adult strategies using a perception and action task.
  • To replicate and confirm Ganel and Goodale's findings in adults for reliable cross-group comparison.

Main Methods:

  • Adapted Ganel and Goodale's (2003) method involving perception and action tasks.
  • Participants (children and adults) performed tasks requiring classification or grasping of object width while ignoring length.
  • Compared performance in a visual perception task (classification) versus an action task (grasping).

Main Results:

  • Adults exhibited interactive processing of object dimensions in visual perception but independent processing in action, replicating prior findings.
  • Children demonstrated interactive processing of object dimensions in visual perception.
  • Evidence suggests children may also engage in interactive processing during action tasks, though less consistently than adults.

Conclusions:

  • Object dimension processing differs between perception and action, with adults showing a clear dissociation.
  • Children's object dimension processing is interactive in perception and shows emerging interactive tendencies in action.
  • Developmental differences in visual perception and action strategies for object processing are highlighted, warranting further investigation into underlying mechanisms.