Children are born with a rudimentary sense of touch and motion
It is possibly the most sophisticated of all the senses from birth
Children develop a sense of touch & motion by their 2nd year
Children's touch and motion senses are equal to their other senses from birth
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2. Define cognition
The acquisition of information through the sensory organs
Forming mental representations and use of memory
The transmission of sensory information to the brain
The use of all the senses
3. What is Cross-modal (intermodal) Transfer?
When an infant can learn something via one sense and transfer that information to another sense e.g. recognising a toy by touch, although it was never felt before but only seen
When an infant prefers using one sense due to more experience with it
When an infant can learn something via the integration of senses
When an infant confuses the information they gain from one sense with another
4. What preference was found within 4-5 month olds using Intersensory Integration?
4-5 month olds show preference for a face mouthing a vowel they hear being spoken
4-5 month olds show preference for sound over sight
4-5 month olds show preference for movement that is linked to sound
4-5 month olds show preference for sight over sound
5. What did Rattaz et al., (2005) find about infants' sense of smell?
1-month-old infants distinguish body odour of their mothers from that of a stranger
2-month-old infants distinguish body odour of their mothers from that of a stranger
1-month-old infants distinguish body odour of their parents from that of a stranger
1-month-old infants cannot distinguish body odour of their mothers from that of a stranger
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