Infant synaesthesia New insights into the development of multisensory perception

Multisensory Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Maurer, Daphne ^a   Gibson, Laura C ^a   Spector, Ferrinne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental neuroscience; Multisensory development; Neuroimaging; Newborns; Perceptual development; Synaesthesia

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EID: 84871743668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586059.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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