Volume 8, Number 6 of:
Visual Cognition a journal from Psychology Press, part of the Taylor &
Francis Group, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Artists as experts in visual cognition -- pg. 705 - 723
Aaron Kozbelt
Abstract: This study addressed the question of how artists differ from
non-artists in visual cognition. Four perception and twelve drawing tasks
were used. Artists outperformed non-artists on both kinds of tasks.
Regression analyses revealed common visual processes in the two kinds of
tasks and unique variance in the drawing tasks. The advantage of artists
over non-artists was apparently in the way they perceptually analysed as
well as in how they drew. The perceptual advantage seems to be closely
linked to the activity of drawing and is discussed with reference to
artists' extensive experience in visual interaction with objects and images
during drawing. Artists appear to be more proficient at using visual
analytic procedures that are qualitatively similar to those of novices,
unlike experts in many other domains.
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