Young Children's Orientation of Letters as a Function of Axis of Symmetry and Stimulus Alignment

The effects of axis of symmetry and relative position of stimuli were examined by means of a letter-orientation task administered to 60 children 4, 5, and 6 years of age. Subject variables examined were age and eye-hand dominance (mixed vs. unilateral established). Left-right awareness and knowledge...

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Published in:Child development 1970-12, Vol.41 (4), p.993-1002
Main Authors: Cairns, Nancy U., Steward, Margaret S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Age groups
Cerebral dominance
Child
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Children
Discrimination (Psychology)
Dominance, Cerebral
Form Perception
Functional Laterality
Handedness
Humans
Intelligence
Male
Motor Skills
Observational research
Reading
Reading ability
Reading difficulties
Social discrimination
Symmetry
Trinity
Visual Perception
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Summary:The effects of axis of symmetry and relative position of stimuli were examined by means of a letter-orientation task administered to 60 children 4, 5, and 6 years of age. Subject variables examined were age and eye-hand dominance (mixed vs. unilateral established). Left-right awareness and knowledge of names of stimulus letters were found to correlate with error scores. Significant effects were found for age, axis, axis X age, axis X position, and age X axis X position. The results were discussed in terms of implications for reading.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.2307/1127327