Picture norms for Chinese preschool children: name agreement, familiarity, and visual complexity.
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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3944013 | biostudies-literature | 2014
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Picture norms for Chinese preschool children: name agreement, familiarity, and visual complexity.
Wang Lamei L Chen Chia-Wen CW Zhu Liqi L
PloS one 20140305 3
Pictorial stimuli standardized for Chinese children are still absent although it is needed in order to test the development of children's cognitive functions. This study presents normative measures for Snodgrass and Vanderwart pictures, viewed by 4- and 6-year old Chinese children. Name agreement, familiarity, and visual complexity were obtained for each age group. The data indicate substantial differences between young and older children in name agreement based on expected name, familiarity and ...[more]
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