Diagrams and pictorial representations are common in children’s lives and require abstraction away from visual perception. In three experiments, we investigated 4to 8-year-olds’ comprehension of such representations. In Experiment 1 (N = 80), children were shown photographs of geometric objects and asked to choose the corresponding line drawing from among sets of four, or vice versa. Results sh...

To examine effects of speaking rate on a perception boundary between voiceless fricative /s/ and affricate /ts/ in Japanese, a stimulus continuum of /s/-/ts/ at various speaking rates was constructed by changing rise and steady+decay durations of these phonemes. The stimuli in the continuum were presented to 33 Japanese native speakers, and their response ratio to /ts/ was measured. Logistic re...

introduction this study examines the level of farmers' perception of hazards, as well as their impacts on efficiency and mentally quality of farmers' life and profession. the relationship between each dimension of quality of work life and efficiency is studied too.   methodology the research method is descriptive and includes a survey of many selected villages in yazd province (farmer...