Francesco Walker in The Conversation on how children look at art
Adults and children view art in completely different ways, Cognitive psychologist Francesco Walker discovered at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum. 'In a recent study at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, I used eye-tracking technology.' Walker talks about his research on media platform ‘The Conversation’.
The Conversation
'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. But we found that children take a different view. In a recent research study with colleagues at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, I used eye-tracking technology to investigate how the information given to children about artworks affected how they viewed them.' Read Francesco Walker op The Conversation:
Children see art differently – our eye-tracking research shows how museums and art classes can capture their attention