Chapter Five
How does learning and memory shape perceptual development in infancy?
Lauren L. Emberson* Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States* Corresponding author: email address: lauren.emberson@princeton.edu
Abstract
There is a rapid and substantial development in perceptual abilities, in general, and vision, in particular, in the first year of life after birth (0–12 months). At the same time that these changes in perception are occurring, it is now known that young infants are also engaging in sophisticated types of learning and memory suggesting early competency in non-perceptual abilities and availability of neural systems located higher in the cortical hierarchy than perception. Thus, there is a developmental ...
