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The Development of Infants’ Auditory Spatial Sensitivity

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Auditory Development in Infancy

Part of the book series: Advances in the Study of Communication and Affect ((ASCA,volume 10))

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Early research in the area of perceptual development has been inspired by two opposing viewpoints: nativism and empiricism. Extreme nativists argue that a perceptually naive infant possesses the perceptual abilities of experienced adults, whereas empiricists such as William James maintain that the young infant’s world is composed of a “blooming, buzzing confusion.” According to this latter view, objects and people gradually emerge through experience from the background of perceptual chaos.

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Muir, D.W. (1985). The Development of Infants’ Auditory Spatial Sensitivity. In: Trehub, S.E., Schneider, B.A. (eds) Auditory Development in Infancy. Advances in the Study of Communication and Affect, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9340-6_3

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