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Cora, Milagros I. Rivera; Gonzales, Soledad; Sarmiento, Matilde; Young, Alejandra Esparza; Esparza, Edith; Madjer, Nikolina; Shankar, Pinakini; Rivera, Yadmarie; Abulatan, Isaac – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
Children begin to emulate writing and what they see around them at a very early age (Byington & Kim, 2017). The simple scribbles they begin to produce are representations of complex cognitive processes occurring. The constant cognitive scaffolding which medical students experience can be compared to the cognitive process children participate…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Concept Mapping, Medical Students, Cognitive Processes
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Forkosh, Jennifer; Drake, Jennifer E. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
We examined whether using drawing to distract, by either coloring a design or drawing a design, improves mood more than drawing to express feelings. We manipulated levels of cognitive demand in the first 2 conditions by asking participants to color a design (low cognitive demand) or draw a design (high cognitive demand). After a sad mood…
Descriptors: Color, Freehand Drawing, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level