RT Journal Article
T1 Attention and visuospatial abilities: neuropsychological approach in field-dependent and field-independent schoolchildren
A1 Guisande Couñago, María Adelina
A1 Tinajero Vacas, Carolina
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
A1 Páramo Fernández, María Fernanda
K1 Field-dependence-independence
K1 Attentional function
K1 Visuospatial abilities
AB The aim of this study was to explore cognitive processes that may underlie the poorschool performance of children with a field-dependent cognitive style. One-hundred-and fortyninechildren between the ages of 8 and 11 were evaluated using the Children Embedded FiguresTest (CEFT) and classified as field-dependent, field-independent, or intermediate field-dependent-independent (FDI). The Digit Span and Digit Symbol, as well as the Visual Search andAttention Test (VSAT) were administered as tests of attentional function. The Block Design andthe Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test were administered as tests of visuospatial abilities. Fieldindependentchildren obtained higher scores than field-dependent children on the tests ofattentional function. With regard to visuospatial tasks, field-independent children obtained higherscores than both field-dependent and intermediate FDI children on the Block Design test. On theRey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test, field-dependent children obtained lower scores than bothfield-independent and intermediate-FDI children
PB Institute of Experimental Psychology Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences
PB Slovak Academy of Sciences
SN 0039-3320
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24240
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24240
LA eng
NO Guisande, M. A., Tinajero, C., Cadaveira, F., & Páramo, M. F. (2012). Attention and visuospatial abilities: a neuropsychological approach in field-dependent and field-independent schoolchildren. Studia Psychologica, 54(2), 83
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026