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Illustrations for Children: depth perception and economy of style
Author(s) -
Newton D P
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1986.tb00493.x
Subject(s) - perception , style (visual arts) , simple (philosophy) , depth perception , cognitive psychology , computer science , psychology , epistemology , history , archaeology , philosophy , neuroscience
A way in which some economical pictures for children will tend to be perceived incorrectly or inadequately as far as spatial depth is concerned is described. Some children's perceptions of depth in diagrams which varied in kinds and amounts of information on depth were investigated. It was found that an economical illustration style which includes information on depth is possible and that this provides a simple way of alleviating the shortcomings of such a style.