Learning to learn: From within-modality to cross-modality transfer during infancy |
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Authors: | Hupp Julie M Sloutsky Vladimir M |
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Institution: | a Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, OH 43055, USA b Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA |
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Abstract: | One critical aspect of learning is the ability to apply learned knowledge to new situations. This ability to transfer is often limited, and its development is not well understood. The current research investigated the development of transfer between 8 and 16 months of age. In Experiment 1, 8- and 16-month-olds (who were established to have a preference to the beginning of a visual sequence) were trained to attend to the end of a sequence. They were then tested on novel visual sequences. Results indicated transfer of learning, with both groups changing baseline preferences as a result of training. In Experiment 2, participants were trained to attend to the end of a visual sequence and were then tested on an auditory sequence. Unlike Experiment 1, only older participants exhibited transfer of learning by changing baseline preferences. These findings suggest that the generalization of learning becomes broader with development, with transfer across modalities developing later than transfer within a modality. |
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Keywords: | Generalization Infancy Language Learning Transfer Cross-modal processing |
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