The Senses

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  • Created on: 07-04-19 15:52

1. Define cognition

  • Forming mental representations and use of memory
  • The transmission of sensory information to the brain
  • The acquisition of information through the sensory organs
  • The use of all the senses
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2. What did Spelke (1979) find about Intersensory Integration?

  • 4-month-olds connect sound rhythms with movement
  • 4-month olds connect taste with smell
  • 5-month-olds connect sound rhythms with movement
  • 5-month-olds connect sound rhythms with vibration

3. What did Pickens (1994) find about Intersensory Integration?

  • 5-month-olds connect sound and sight in motion e.g. a moving train can be matched with its' moving sound
  • 5-month-olds connect taste with smell
  • 5-month-olds connect music to mouth movements
  • 4-month-olds connect music to mouth movements

4. What is Cross-modal (intermodal) Transfer?

  • When an infant can learn something via the integration of senses
  • 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 confuses the information they gain from one sense with another

5. What is Intersensory Integration?

  • When an infant can learn something via one sense and transfer the information to another sense
  • This is where infants can integrate information from several senses
  • This is where senses develop at different rates and then integrate
  • This is where children suffer an overload of information due to an integration of the senses

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