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Willis, Athena S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Recent research shows that deaf signers show increased behavioral and neural sensitivity to certain types of movement, such as biological motion, human actions, and signing avatars. However, other work suggests that in deaf signers exposed to signed language before age five, the mirror mechanism has minimal involvement during the perception of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Sign Language, Young Children, Cognitive Processes
Vallett, David Bruce – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the relationships among visuospatial ability, motivation to learn science, and learner conceptions of force across commonly measured demographics with university undergraduates with the aim of examining the support for an evolved sense of force and motion. Demographic variables of interest included age, ethnicity, and gender,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Spatial Ability, Visual Perception, Learning Motivation
Pritchard, Jan Teena – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The most basic and fundamental skill for academic success is the ability to read. The purpose of this 1-group pretest and posttest pre-experimental quantitative study was to investigate how a unique instructional approach, called "curriculum in motion" with an emphasis on therapeutic martial arts and Brain Gym exercises influenced…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods
Li, Feng – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Video-based eye tracking techniques have become increasingly attractive in many research fields, such as visual perception and human-computer interface design. The technique primarily relies on the positional difference between the center of the eye's pupil and the first-surface reflection at the cornea, the corneal reflection (CR). This…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Human Body, Visual Stimuli, Video Technology