The role of overt activity in children's imagery production.

WOLFF, PETER, and LEVIN, JOEL R. The Role of Overt Activity in Children's Imagery Production. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1972, 43, 537-547. The role of motor activity in children's formation of dynamic mental imagery was investigated in 2 experiments using a paired-associate recognition task. From the recognition data it was inferred that (a) the child's ability to form dynamic images relating 2 objects undergoes its most rapid development between the ages of 5 and 8; and (b) the preimagery child can generate dynamic mental imagery in which 2 objects interact if he concurrently engages in overt manipulation of the objects. This was true even when the child had no visual access to his movements or to the objects being manipulated. These results offer strong support for Piaget's theoretical ideas concerning the role of overt and covert activity in the production of mental imagery.

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