Change of Reference Frame for Tactile Localization during Child Development
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| Title: | Change of Reference Frame for Tactile Localization during Child Development |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Pagel, Birthe, Heed, Tobias, Roder, Brigitte |
| Source: | Developmental Science. Nov 2009 12(6):929-937. |
| Availability: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Stimuli, Child Development, Blindness, Cognitive Processes, Task Analysis, Age Differences, Tactual Perception, Psychomotor Skills |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00845.x |
| ISSN: | 1363-755X |
| Abstract: | Temporal order judgements (TOJ) for two tactile stimuli, one presented to the left and one to the right hand, are less precise when the hands are crossed over the midline than when the hands are uncrossed. This "crossed hand" effect has been considered as evidence for a remapping of tactile input into an external reference frame. Since late, but not early, blind individuals show such remapping, it has been hypothesized that the use of an external reference frame develops during childhood. Five- to 10-year-old children were therefore tested with the tactile TOJ task, both with uncrossed and crossed hands. Overall performance in the TOJ task improved with age. While children older than 5 1/2 years displayed a crossed hand effect, younger children did not. Therefore the use of an external reference frame for tactile, and possibly multisensory, localization seems to be acquired at age 5. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ858859 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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