Effects of Multisensory Stimulation on Infants' Learning of Object Pattern and Trajectory

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Title: Effects of Multisensory Stimulation on Infants' Learning of Object Pattern and Trajectory
Language: English
Authors: Natasa Ganea (ORCID 0009-0003-4727-3540), Caspar Addyman, Jiale Yang, Andrew Bremner (ORCID 0000-0002-4119-3748)
Source: Child Development. 2024 95(6):2133-2149.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Multisensory Learning, Recall (Psychology), Learning Processes, Stimuli, Patterned Responses, Learning Trajectories, Object Permanence
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14147
ISSN: 0009-3920
1467-8624
Abstract: This study investigated whether infants encode better the features of a briefly occluded object if its movements are specified simultaneously by vision and audition than if they are not (data collected: 2017-2019). Experiment 1 showed that 10-month-old infants (N = 39, 22 females, White-English) notice changes in the visual pattern on the object irrespective of the stimulation received (spatiotemporally congruent audio-visual stimulation, incongruent stimulation, or visual-only; [partial eta-squared] = 0.53). Experiment 2 (N = 72, 36 female) found similar results in 6-month-olds (Test Block 1, [partial eta-squared] = 0.13), but not 4-month-olds. Experiment 3 replicated this finding with another group of 6-month-olds (N = 42, 21 females) and showed that congruent stimulation enables infants to detect changes in object trajectory (d = 0.56) in addition to object pattern (d = 1.15), whereas incongruent stimulation hinders performance.
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Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1449854
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This study investigated whether infants encode better the features of a briefly occluded object if its movements are specified simultaneously by vision and audition than if they are not (data collected: 2017-2019). Experiment 1 showed that 10-month-old infants (N = 39, 22 females, White-English) notice changes in the visual pattern on the object irrespective of the stimulation received (spatiotemporally congruent audio-visual stimulation, incongruent stimulation, or visual-only; [partial eta-squared] = 0.53). Experiment 2 (N = 72, 36 female) found similar results in 6-month-olds (Test Block 1, [partial eta-squared] = 0.13), but not 4-month-olds. Experiment 3 replicated this finding with another group of 6-month-olds (N = 42, 21 females) and showed that congruent stimulation enables infants to detect changes in object trajectory (d = 0.56) in addition to object pattern (d = 1.15), whereas incongruent stimulation hinders performance.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.14147