In Children and Pictures, Richard P. Jolley critiques both the historical and contemporary
studies conducted in the field of children's making and understanding of pictures. Some …

A. Karmiloff‐Smith's (1990) task of drawing a nonexistent object is considered to be a
measure of cognitive flexibility. The notion of earlier emergence of cognitive flexibility in …

Tying together almost four decades of neo-Piagetian research, Cognitive Development
provides a unique critical analysis and a comparison of concepts across neo-Piagetian …

This article provides a selective review of the literature on executive function development
and related topics, focusing on the conceptual and terminological confusions that might …

There exists a substantial body of research evidence that embodied learning modes can
enhance children's mathematics learning, yet implementation of the research findings in …

Background: Extensive research examined the development of both language and drawing,
but the relationship between these symbolic representation systems is less investigated and …

The current study tested gender differences in the developmental transition from drawing
cubes in two‐versus three dimensions (3D), and investigated the underlying spatial abilities …

This article presents a model of scribbling development, proposing that children's working
memory capacity development constrains the acquisition of visual control, the development …

This book re-examines the case of Nadia, discovered as a child aged six, who had been
drawing with phenomenal skill and visual realism from the age of three, despite having …

Previous research suggests that young children draw animals by adapting their scheme for
the human figure. This can be considered an early form of drawing flexibility. This study …