It seems that children really do see the world differently. New research stidues have shown that children see objects embossed as concave or convex differently than adults.
It seems a childs point of view assumes light from below where adults assume light is from above. Meaning that children may see things that adults think are concave as in fact convex.
"Jim Stone at the University of Sheffield, UK, showed embossed shapes such as squares and shaded images such as footprints to 171 children aged from 4 to 10. Each child was shown 10 images and asked whether they were convex or concave."
More information can be found in the following article form New Scientist.
via Children really do see things differently - life - 31 October 2010 - New Scientist.
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