The role of intersensory redundancy in early perceptual, cognitive, and social development

Multisensory Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bahrick, Lorraine E ^a   Lickliter, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Infancy; Intersensory redundancy; Multisensory development; Selective attention; Vision

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EID: 84921565791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586059.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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