Transitions in the temporal parameters of sensory preconditioning during infancy.

ABSTRACT: Sensory preconditioning (SPC) is a form of latent learning in which preexposure to co-occurring neutral stimuli (S₁ -S₂ ) permits subsequent learning to be transferred from one stimulus (S₁ ) to the other (S₂ ). We examined whether human infants exhibit developmental transitions in the temporal parameters of SPC by manipulating the preexposure regimen. Infants received simultaneous or sequential preexposure to puppets S₁ and S₂ (Days 1-2); saw target actions modeled on S₁ (Day 3); and were tested for deferred imitation with S₂ (Day 4). Although 6-, 9-, and 12-month-olds associated the puppets, there was a shift in the effective regimen from simultaneous to sequential preexposure-similar to prior finding

SUBMITTER: Cuevas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075679 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature