Riggs, KJ and Jolley, RP and Simpson, A (2013) The role of inhibitory control in the development of human figure drawing in young children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114 (4). pp. 537-542. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.003
Riggs, KJ and Jolley, RP and Simpson, A (2013) The role of inhibitory control in the development of human figure drawing in young children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114 (4). pp. 537-542. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.003
Riggs, KJ and Jolley, RP and Simpson, A (2013) The role of inhibitory control in the development of human figure drawing in young children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114 (4). pp. 537-542. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.003
Abstract
We investigated the role of inhibitory control in young children?s human figure drawing. We used the Bear?Dragon task as a measure of inhibitory control and used the classification system devised by Cox and Parkin to measure the development of human figure drawing. We tested 50 children aged between 40 and 64 months. Regression analysis showed that inhibitory control predicted development in human figure drawing even after the effect of age was excluded. These data suggest that inhibitory control plays a role in the development of children?s drawing and imply a relation between the executive functions and representational change.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Executive functions; Inhibition; Human figure drawing; Development; Flexibility |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 14 May 2014 14:18 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2022 01:02 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/9348 |