The researchers selected plant life as the subject for pictorial expression, a subject that a priori has no apparent link with geometry and symmetry. With the help of a puppet, the children were ...

When you hear the word 'artist,' you usually think of someone who paints the colorful pictures hanging in an art museum. But there's a type of artist who specializes in drawing wild plants. This is ...

This study shows that children up to the age of 7 spontaneously use symmetry in their drawings to express their knowledge about plant life. In the sample analysed, this is a very frequent strategy and ...