Art students who cannot draw: Exploring the relations between drawing ability, visual memory, accuracy of copying, and dyslexia
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McManus, C., Chamberlain, R., Loo, P., Rankin, Q., Riley, H. and Brunswick, N. 2010. Art students who cannot draw: Exploring the relations between drawing ability, visual memory, accuracy of copying, and dyslexia. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 4 (1), pp. 18-30. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017335
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Title | Art students who cannot draw: Exploring the relations between drawing ability, visual memory, accuracy of copying, and dyslexia |
Authors | McManus, C., Chamberlain, R., Loo, P., Rankin, Q., Riley, H. and Brunswick, N. |
Abstract | Some art students, despite being at art school, cannot draw very well, and would like to be able to draw well. It has been suggested that poor drawing may be a particular problem for students with dyslexia (and a high proportion of art school students is dyslexic). In Study 1 we studied 277 art students, using a questionnaire to assess self-perceived drawing ability and a range of background measures, including demography, education, a history of dyslexia, a self-administered spelling test, and personality and educational variables. In Study 2 we gave detailed drawing tests to a sample of 38 of the art students, stratified by self-rated drawing ability and spelling ability, and to 30 control participants. Students |
Keywords | art students; drawing ability; visual memory; Rey-Osterrieth complex; figure dyslexia |
Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) |
Journal | Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts |
ISSN | 1931-3896 |
Electronic | 1931-390X |
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Feb 2010 | |
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Deposited | 19 May 2010 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017335 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000277457500004 |
Language | English |
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