Multisensory Perception and Communication

Name: Multisensory Perception and Communication
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Multisensory Perception and CommunicationBrain, Behaviour, Environment Interaction, and Development in the Early Years\nAuthor(s): Lakshmi Gogate\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367588076, 978-0367588076\nSynopsis\nInfants learn to communicate through everyday social interaction with their caregivers in a multisensory world involving sight, hearing, touch and smell. The neural and behavioural underpinnings of caregiver-infant multisensory interaction and communication, however, have remained largely unexplored in research across disciplines. This book highlights this largely uncharted territory to better understand the developmental origins of human multisensory perception and communication. \n\nIt emphasizes the range and complexity of multisensory infant-caregiver interaction in the real world, and its developmental and neurophysiological characteristics. \n\nFurthermore, recent theories of brain development .