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Children see art differently – our eye-tracking research shows how museums and art classes can capture their attention

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par Francesco Walker, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Leiden University

Adults and children view art in completely different ways.

Carrying out research at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum in 2017, my colleagues and I found that when adults look at an artwork, they are guided by their existing knowledge and expectations. For example, when observing Van Gogh’s View of Auvers, adults’ attention may be captured by the distinctive brushstrokes they associate with the artist’s…

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