Distance perception as a function of age
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 28 (2) , 109-113
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00049537608255269
Abstract
Age changes in the veridicality of judgments up to 600 cm away from the observers were tested in 30 subjects in three groups ranging from 5 years to adults. Using the method of adjustment matching judgments were made, distally from the subject, of a standard length placed at his feet. All subjects exhibited underconstancy with a decrease in variability and an increase in the accuracy of judgments with increasing age. A shift in the veridicality of distance perception was found to have taken place between the 5 to 7 year and the 9 to 11 year old groups.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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