The genesis of errors in drawing

NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

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Chamberlain, Rebecca¹  Wagemans, Johan¹ 

[1] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Expt Psychol Lab, Tiensestr 102, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

关键词: Drawing;    Perception;    Top-down;    Visual attention;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.04.002

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The difficulty adults find in drawing objects or scenes from real life is puzzling, assuming that there are few gross individual differences in the phenomenology of visual scenes and in fine motor control in the neurologically healthy population. A review of research concerning the perceptual, motoric and memorial correlates of drawing ability was conducted in order to understand why most adults err when trying to produce faithful representations of objects and scenes. The findings reveal that accurate perception of the subject and of the drawing is at the heart of drawing proficiency, although not to the extent that drawing skill elicits fundamental changes in visual perception. Instead, the decisive role of representational decisions reveals the importance Of appropriate segmentation of the visual scene and of the influence of pictorial schemas. This leads to the conclusion that domain-specific, flexible, top-down control of visual attention plays a critical role in development of skill in visual art and may also be a window into creative thinking. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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