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Dimensional Preference	2
Learning Modalities	2
Tactual Perception	2
Visual Perception	2
Discrimination Learning	1
Infants	1
Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)	1
Object Manipulation	1
Primary Education	1
Transfer of Training	1

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Child Development

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Gottfried, Allen W.	1
Tyrrell, Donald J.	1

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Cross-modal Transfer in Human Infants

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Gottfried, Allen W.; And Others – Child Development, 1977

This study investigated infants' differential responding to novel and familiar stimuli after familiarization in a different sensory modality. Results showed that infants gain information about the shape of objects from their oral experience with them and that this information can be transferred to the visual modality. (Author/JMB)

Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Infants, Learning Modalities, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)

Dimensional Effects in Cross-modal Transfer of Discrimination Learning in Children

Peer reviewed

Tyrrell, Donald J. – Child Development, 1977

Analysis of 40 first-grade children's performance on two discrimination learning problems revealed that children do transfer dimensional information between the visual and tactual modalities. (Author/JMB)

Descriptors: Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Learning Modalities, Primary Education