Perceptual Learning of Infants Across Domains

Authors

Melanie Garcia, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Carolina A. Herrera, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ryan K. Perez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Rodica R. Constantine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Erin E. Hannon, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

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Description

Infancy is a unique developmental period in which there is rapid attunement of perceptual systems to specific environmental properties. Perceptual narrowing: By the end of the first year, infants become adept processors and develop expertise of familiar socially meaningful domains such as faces, language, and music leading to subsequent social and cognitive abilities. The mechanisms driving these perceptual changes remain debated, with contrasting accounts proposing experience-dependent or domain-general influences. Objective: This research aims to investigate whether perceptual narrowing in early development is primarily driven by domain-specific experiences or by domain-general factors such as brain maturation and information processing.

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

Publication Date

Fall 12-8-2023

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Controlled Subject

Perceptual learning; Infants--Development; Speech; Face perception

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

File Format

pdf

File Size

404 KB

Comments

Faculty Mentor: Erin Hannon

Recommended Citation

Garcia, Melanie; Herrera, Carolina A.; Perez, Ryan K.; Constantine, Rodica R.; and Hannon, Erin E., "Perceptual Learning of Infants Across Domains" (2023). Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters. 206.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/durep_posters/206

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