Author examined some recent ideas on children's perception of their environment. (Editor/RK)

In order to perform structural analysis of environmental perception and cognition, multidimensional scaling based on similarity and preference ratings were compared to the semantic differential technique in a study employing perspective drawings of urban and suburban views sampled from a medium-sized Swedish city. (BT)

This study investigated whether students' memory retention rate improved when they were provided with blue ink printed material. A pretest, treatment, posttest with control group design was used. The participants were 93 10th and 11th grade students in algebra and geometry courses, and there were 2 classes in each course. The treatment lasted for…

This paper discusses the role of digital technology within the cognitive revolution of the perception of images. It analyzes the traditional values placed on images as a source of cognition. These values are discussed in terms of the ethical and social issues raised by the use of digital image manipulation in so far as the digital era is falsely…

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Describes language as a vehicle of thought severely limited by auditory, kinesthetic, and visual images, restricted to linear succession, and precariously linked to meaning by standardized labels. (MB)

Forty trained and untrained five- and eight-year-olds were given Marmor's Mental Rotation Task (MRT) to assess their use of kinetic imagery. (CM)

The effectiveness of testing instruments for field dependence-independence in spatial-visual ability in children is questioned, since they may not measure the same dimensions as those for older children and adults. The effects of training on performance of spatial-visual tasks are discussed, with a warning to monitor training programs carefully.…

A model for the internal representation of pitch sequences in tonal music is advanced. Pitch sequences are retained as hierarchical networks. At each level, elements are organized as structural units, in accordance with laws of figural goodness. Processing advantages of the system are discussed. (Author/BW)