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Unimodal experience constrains while multisensory experiences enrich cognitive construction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2008

Andrew J. Bremner  and
Charles Spence
Andrew J. Bremner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW, United Kingdom
Charles Spence
Affiliation:
Crossmodal Research Laboratory, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UD, United Kingdom. a.bremner@gold.ac.ukwww.goldsmiths.ac.uk/psychology/staff/bremner.phpcharles.spence@psy.ox.ac.ukpsyweb.psy.ox.ac.uk/xmodal/
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Abstract

Mareschal and his colleagues argue that cognition consists of partial representations emerging from organismic constraints placed on information processing through development. However, any notion of constraints must consider multiple sensory modalities, and their gradual integration across development. Multisensory integration constitutes one important way in which developmental constraints may lead to enriched representations that serve more than immediate behavioural goals.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , June 2008 , pp. 335 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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