Multisensory integration and maternal sensitivity are related to each other and predictive of expressive vocabulary in 24-month-olds.

ABSTRACT: Multisensory integration (MSI) is the ability to combine temporally synchronous, amodally specified sensory information to create rich, coordinated perceptual experiences. In early development, attention is directed toward such information in both social contexts (e.g., human speakers) and nonsocial contexts (e.g., multimodal toys). Parenting behaviors may support and sculpt multisensory integration by providing children with opportunities to experience amodally specified information (e.g., contingent face-to-face interactions). This study examined (a) whether 24-month-olds' MSI abilities differed as a function of context (social or nonsocial) and competition for attention (low or high), (b) whether MSI predicted expressive vocabulary, and (c) whether maternal sensitivity (MS) was related

SUBMITTER: Bruce M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608724 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature