Citation

Cohen DJ, Bennett S. J. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform. 1997; 23(3): 609-621.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington 28403-3297, USA. cohend@uncwil.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9180037

Abstract

The study presented a theoretical and empirical approach to the adult drawing process. Four possible sources of drawing inaccuracies were described: misperception of the object, inability to make good representational decisions, deficient motor skills, and misperception of the drawing. In four studies the degree to which the latter three sources contributed to drawing inaccuracies was assessed. The results suggest that (a) motor coordination is a very minimal source of drawing inaccuracies, (b) the artist's decision-making process is a relatively minor source of drawing inaccuracies, and (c) the artist's misperception of his or her work is not a source of drawing inaccuracies. These results suggest that the artist's misperception of the object is the major source of drawing errors.

Language: en