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11 - The Development of Multisensory Attention Skills

Individual Differences, Developmental Outcomes, and Applications

from Part II - Perceptual Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2020

By
Lorraine E. Bahrick ,
Robert Lickliter  and
James T. Torrence Todd
Edited by
Jeffrey J. Lockman  and
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Jeffrey J. Lockman
Affiliation:
Tulane University, Louisiana
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Affiliation:
New York University
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Summary

The world presents an array of constantly changing sights and sounds, tactile and vestibular experiences, far too much to be attended and processed at any one time. Perceivers must make sense of this dynamically changing flux of stimulation by selecting events and properties of events that provide information that is meaningful and relevant to their needs, goals, and actions as they change across time. Adults are highly skilled at selectively attending to this multisensory stimulation in a way that optimizes perception and learning and supports their actions and goals. However, this selective attention presents a remarkable challenge for young infants – how to learn to attend to the dimensions of stimulation that optimize meaningful perception and action and to filter out stimulation that is less relevant.

Keywords

Infant multisensory attentioncross-modal perceptionintermodal perceptionamodal perceptionintersensory redundancy hypothesisindividual differences in intersensory processingintersensory attention and language developmentintersensory processing in ASD.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development
Brain, Behavior, and Cultural Context
 , pp. 303 - 338
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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