The depiction of car light beams in a child born completely blind.

Abstract:

:A 12-year-old child (DI) who was completely blind from birth, made a series of tactual (raised-lines) drawings of cars. Among them, there was the depiction of a 'fast car at night' in which DI drew beams of light projecting out of the car. We analyse this drawing, and the preceding ones. We argue that the way in which cars and light beams were depicted by DI cannot be fully and solely explained by graphic imprecision, executive or motor deficiencies, or by rote or verbal learning. Instead, we propose that the most plausible explanation is that DI's depiction of light in a fast car at night reflects the child's naïve knowledge of light propagation, and that this knowledge was gained through perceiving light as radiant heat.

journal_name

Perception

journal_title

Perception

authors

D'Angiulli A,Maggi S

doi

10.1068/p5002

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-01-01 00:00:00

pages

419-28

issue

4

eissn

0301-0066

issn

1468-4233

journal_volume

33

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