The influence of action lines on pictorial movement perception in pre-school children

Abstract

Examined whether the action lines (AL), drawn at the back of a pictured object, serve as pictorial representation of the direction of movement and motion-speed of the object. 15 pairs of stimuli were presented to 40 pre-school children (aged 4.75-6.75 yrs), who were divided into 2 age groups. Stimuli comprised 3 figures of a side view of a car: 1 original, 1 deformed, and 1 original with driver. First 2 of the figures included 5 action lines that facilitated movement perception. Each pair was repeated 4 times in successive and random order, in 6 experimental conditions. Ss compared the paired cards, selected the figure that seemed to be moving faster, and gave explanations for their perceptions. Results reveal that Ss could distinctly recognize AL as a movement cue. Significant effects of cartooned-moving-posture cue and inferential-movement cue on the pictorial movement perception were seen. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)