This monograph has two aims: first, to identify specific processes of the reversal phenomenon by using a developmental approach. Second, to use ambiguous figures as a research tool to shed more light onto children's developing understanding of pictorial representation.
About the Author
Marina C.Wimmeris a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Plymouth(England). Her research focuses on children’s cognitive development inseveral domains: false memories, mental imagery, perception and conceptionof ambiguous figures, and pictorial representations. Her current researchexplores how mental imagery develops in children and how thatdiffers from adults.
Martin J. Dohertyis a lecturer at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Hisresearch focuses on the development of children’s understanding of representation.He recently publishedTheory of Mind: How Children UnderstandOthers’Thoughts and Feelings(2009, Psychology Press).
