Cross-modal Transfer in Human Infants

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Abstract
Cross-modal transfer in infants was investigated by their proclivity to respond differentially to novel and familiar stimuli after familiarization in a different sensory modality. Across a variety of stimulus shapes, 1 yr old infants significantly and reliably looked more at and reached more for the novel than the familiar stimulus subsequent to information input from tactual stimulation. Not only did infants gain information about the shape of objects from their oral experince with them but this information could be made available to the visual modality.