Drawing and the Non-Verbal Mind

DrawinganditsanalysishasbeenanimportantdisciplineofDevelopmentalPsychologysincetheearlytwentiethcentury.ThisuniquecollectionofessaysunitesleadingempiricalresearchersfromEurope,theUnitedStatesandCanadatoprovideavaluableintroductiontodrawingresearch.Focusingonthecoreproblemsassociatedwiththevisualmind,thecontributorsexaminehowdrawingdevelopmentrelatestochangesincognition.Topicscoveredincludevisual(self)recognition,style,mediaunderstanding,inhibition,executiveattention,priming,memory,meaning,andfiguralandspatialconcepts.Theeffectsofbiologicalconstraintssuchasmotorcontrol,gripandhandedness,blindness,neuropsychologicalconditionsandoldagearealsoexplained.Thebookprovidesafascinatinginsightintothelife-spanandproductivityofthenon-verbal,visualmind.