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Children struggle beyond preschool-age in a continuous version of the ambiguous figures task
Children until the age of five are only able to reverse an ambiguous figure when they are informed about the second interpretation. In two experiments, we examined whether children’s difficulties would extend to a continuous version of the ambiguous figures task. Children (Experiment 1: 66 3- to 5-year olds; Experiment 2: 54 4- to 9-year olds) and adult controls saw line drawings of animals gradually morph—through well-known ambiguous figures—into other animals. Results show a relatively late developing ability to recognize the target animal, with difficulties extending beyond preschool-age. This delay can neither be explained with improvements in theory of mind, inhibitory control, nor individual differences in eye movements. Even the best achieving children only started to approach adult level performance at the age of 9, suggesting a fundamentally different processing style in children and adults
The influence of adaptation and stochastic fluctuations on spontaneous perceptual changes for bistable stimuli
Satiation or availability? Effects of attention, memory, and imagery on the perception of ambiguous figures
Object recognition contributions to figure-ground organization: Operations on outlines and subjective contours
Vertical-horizontal illusion present for sighted but not early blind humans using auditory substitution of vision
Disparities in Depressive Symptoms Between Heterosexual and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth in a Dutch Cohort: The TRAILS Study
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