What is intermodal perception? In the following scenario, which two senses are being used by Andrea to integrate information?

What will be an ideal response?


Scenario: Andrea, a 4-month old baby girl, is staring at a video in which puppets are dancing to music being played in the background in a synchronized manner.

Intermodal perception is the ability to relate and integrate information from two or more sensory modalities.

In the given scenario, the sensory modalities used by Andrea to integrate information in the video are vision and hearing.

Psychology

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