Global and local perception in 3 year old children (2016)

Undergraduates: Leah Zelson, Becca Stephens

Faculty Advisor: Steven Reznick
Department: Psychology & Neuroscience

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This study will observe global and local processing in 3.5 year old children to understand developmental trajectories at this age. Thirty-two participants performed a forced choice Navon shape task, in which they were presented with stimuli that contained both local and global levels, and then were to choose between two shapes. Participants were selected based on their successful completion of the FYI (First Year Inventory) at 12 months, which assessed risk for ASD. Analyses will include correlations to understand possible relationships between global/local perceptual processing and risk for ASD.