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PERCEPTION OF PICTORIAL SPACE BY BUSHMEN *
Author(s) -
Derȩgowski J.B.,
Bentley A.M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207598608247619
Subject(s) - sophistication , zulu , perception , psychology , space (punctuation) , sample (material) , test (biology) , social psychology , cognitive psychology , aesthetics , art , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience , biology
A new test for measuring the ability to perceive pictorial depth was used with children of two remote Bushman populations (!Xu and Kxoe), as well as with a sample of adult Bushmen drawn from these populations and a sample of urban Zulu children. The results show that subjects of apparently little sophistication are capable of perceiving depth when confronted with a ‘geometric’ figure. They also show surprising inter‐group differences which cannot be easily explained by differences of environmental experience.