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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ferguson B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5749756 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20180102 1
Abstracting the structure or 'rules' underlying observed patterns is central to mature cognition, yet research with infants suggests this far-reaching capacity is initially restricted to certain stimuli. Infants successfully abstract rules from auditory sequences (e.g., language), but fail when the same rules are presented as visual sequences (e.g., shapes). We propose that this apparent gap between rule learning in the auditory and visual modalities reflects the distinct requirements of the per ...[more]