El impacto de la secuencia visual en la comprensión simbólica de acciones en imágenes

Abstract

The symbolic understanding of images that represent actions constitutes a cognitive challenge at early ages. This research investigates the impact of the presentation of the visual sequence of goal-directed actions on the symbolic understanding of the images representing them. Thirty to thirty-six-months-old children were assigned to two conditions in which the presence or absence of the sequence was manipulated. Children observed images of different actions on a tablet; after- wards, they had to choose a real object that showed the result of each action. Results showed that the presence of the sequence constituted a factor that enhances the early understanding of images as representations of real actions.