Descriptor
Habituation | 2 |
Infant Behavior | 2 |
Infants | 2 |
Learning Processes | 2 |
At Risk Persons | 1 |
Attention | 1 |
Cocaine | 1 |
Cognitive Development | 1 |
Comparative Analysis | 1 |
Discrimination Learning | 1 |
Longitudinal Studies | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
Developmental Psychology | 2 |
Author
Alessandri, Steven M. | 1 |
Bahrick, Lorraine E. | 1 |
Bendersky, Margaret | 1 |
Lewis, Michael | 1 |
Lickliter, Robert | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 2 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Bayley Scales of Infant… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Bahrick, Lorraine E.; Lickliter, Robert – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Three experiments assessed the intersensory redundancy hypothesis in early infancy. Findings indicated that habituation to a bimodal rhythm resulted in discrimination of a novel rhythm, whereas habituation to the same rhythm presented unimodally resulted in no evidence of discrimination. Temporal synchrony between the bimodal auditory and visual…
Descriptors: Attention, Discrimination Learning, Habituation, Infant Behavior

Alessandri, Steven M.; Bendersky, Margaret; Lewis, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Compared cognitive functioning of infants--at 8 and 18 months--with varying levels of prenatal cocaine exposure. Found that, with risk and polydrug exposure controlled, exposure groups did not differ at 8 months on Bayley Scales or recovery to a novel stimulus. Infants with heavy exposure or high environmental risk declined in mental development…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cocaine, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis