Learning and Intermodal Transfer of Information in Newborns

Previous research has shown that infants as young as 1 month of age are capable of intermodal matching (Meltzoff & Borton, 1979). The results of the present studies show that newborns as young as 12 hr old have the same ability to match seen shape with orally presented shape. The shapes used wer...

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Published in:Psychological science 1994-09, Vol.5 (5), p.286-288
Main Authors: Kaye, Kelley L., Bower, T. G. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Cargo handling
Child psychology
Cognition & reasoning
Infants
Newborns
Pacifiers
Research Reports
Tactile information
Visual stimulation
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Summary:Previous research has shown that infants as young as 1 month of age are capable of intermodal matching (Meltzoff & Borton, 1979). The results of the present studies show that newborns as young as 12 hr old have the same ability to match seen shape with orally presented shape. The shapes used were unfamiliar. The matching thus depended on learning, completed within seconds, and transfer across modality and dimensions. It is proposed that such transfer may be based on an internal symbolic or languagelike system of representation.
ISSN:0956-7976
1467-9280
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1994.tb00627.x