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Peer reviewedCowan, Nelson; And Others – Child Development, 1982
Investigates preperceptual auditory storage among eight 9-week-old infants in three experiments using a modification of an adult masking paradigm and a nonnutritive sucking discrimination procedure. Results suggest that echoic storage contributes to auditory perception in infancy and, for infants compared to adults, echoic traces have a longer…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Comparative Analysis
Jusczyk, Peter W.; Thompson, Elizabeth – 1977
This study explored three aspects of the 2-month-old's perception of multisyllabic utterances. Questions addressed were: (1) Do infants perceive phonetic contrasts occurring either in the initial (Bada-Gada) or medial (Daba-Daga) positions of multisyllabic utterances; (2) Are infants more likely to perceive these contrasts in stressed as opposed…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Infant Behavior
Download full textCarpenter, Genevieve C. – 1973
A report is presented which relates to a general hypothesis suggested by previous data on visual response to faces that in the first weeks of life infants develop expectations regarding the human face. Three predictions were made: (1) Silent human faces would elicit less direct regard than faces accompanied by voices; (2) A familiar face would…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Discrimination Learning, Females, Infant Behavior
Zucker, Kenneth J. – 1983
Research findings are reviewed concerning infants' abilities to discriminate parents from other social stimuli during the first 6 months of life. The term "discrimination" is used to signify the ability of infants to respond differentially to two or more social stimuli. Studies reviewed are categorized in terms of the visual, auditory,…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Ability, Discrimination Learning, Infant Behavior
Slater, Alan, Ed. – 1998
The development of sensory and perceptual ability in infants is an important area of infancy research. This book reflects current knowledge of perceptual development and points to some of the many questions that remain unanswered. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1, "How the Visual System Develops: Normal and Abnormal…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes
Horowitz, Frances D. – 1973
This monograph is a collection of papers describing a series of loosely related studies of visual attention, auditory stimulation, and language discrimination in young infants. Titles include: (1) Infant Attention and Discrimination: Methodological and Substantive Issues; (2) The Addition of Auditory Stimulation (Music) and an Interspersed…
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli
