1981 年 32 巻 8 号 p. 614-621
Infants are under some physical and psychological stimulus of the room space. Particularly, we can't disregard the Visual Perception effects of the texture in architectural materials, as they are concerned in the psychological effects of the room space.
In our former studies, we found that the factor of “Softness” is connected with the evaluation of the room space.
So in this study, we examined the Visual Perception effects of the factor “Softness”, in the development of infants. The results of the examination are as follows.
We found that Infants can perceive the Tactile Softness of the Surface-Roughness, but they can't perceive the Visual Softness of it. Around 6 years old, they get the similar Visual Perception sense to adults.
They can't relate the Lightness to theVisual Softness Perception in the younger aged. Before 5 years old, they can't get out of theTactile Perception sense. In 6 years old, they become to perceive the detailes of the texture, and so, they find the Visual Softness in the “Grey”. But they have still no ability to analyze it. And yet their perception is far away from that of adults.