Intersensory Integration of Spatial Position during Early Childhood
- 1 February 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 26 (1) , 251-256
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1968.26.1.251
Abstract
The research concerned correspondences of elementary attributes of spatial position (up-down, inside-outside, and upright vs upside-down) between haptic and visual sense-modalities by young children. Ss between the ages of 3 to 6 made cross-modal Sameness-Difference judgments and recognition matches in which accuracy required differentiating spatial position. Ss aged 3 and 4 yr. showed little accuracy in Sameness-Difference judgments, whereas significant increases in accuracy were found by ages 5 and 6. Results are discussed in terms of developments in perceptual activity and the process of intersensory integration.Keywords
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