The research concerned correspondences of elementary attributes of spatial position (up-down, inside-outside, and upright vs upside-down) between haptic and visual sense-modalities by young children. Ss between the ages of 3 to 6 made cross-modal Sameness-Difference judgments and recognition matches in which accuracy required differentiating spatial position. Ss aged 3 and 4 yr. showed little accuracy in Sameness-Difference judgments, whereas significant increases in accuracy were found by ages 5 and 6. Results are discussed in terms of developments in perceptual activity and the process of intersensory integration.
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