Both drawing and language are fundamental and unique to humans as a species. Just as
language is a representational system that uses systematic sounds (or manual/bodily signs) …

Miller (1956) summarized evidence that people can remember about seven chunks in short-
term memory (STM) tasks. However, that number was meant more as a rough estimate and …

In this volume, two scholars with different but complementary interests in memory and
cognitive development present a careful overview of the field of memory development from …

This book places child art within the broader context of children's creative intelligence and
intrinsic motivation to invent a pictorial world. It examines the development of drawing and …

In this Monograph, we present a new theory of children's conceptual development and the
empirical research on which that theory is based. The main construct in the theory is the …

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 …

Commentators expressed a wide variety of views on whether there is a basic capacity limit of
3 to 5 chunks and, among those who believe in it, about why it occurs. In this response, I …

This lavishly illustrated book gives a comprehensive and scholarly account of children's
understanding and appreciation of art and their developing ability to produce their own …

You drive along the same route every evening as you return home from work. As you drive,
you can engage in conversation with a passenger, sing along to the radio or argue with the …

This chapter is organized into six sections. In the first, I provide a brief description of the
major epistemological positions that have influenced the field, and the background …