Human Growth and Development / Unit 18 HGD 2575 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Intermodal Perception and a Sensitive Period
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The idea
Intermodal perception is awareness through several senses at once, entry 0347, and the visual cortex develops in a burst at two to four months, a sensitive period for vision, entry 0321.
In practice
An infant linking the sound of a voice with the moving lips that make it.
Where people slip
Most visual areas are developed by twelve months, entry 0321 notes.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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