Abstract
This experiment was designed to determine whether intersensory transfer can be demonstrated using form (stars, squares, circles, and parallelograms) concepts as mediators. It was hypothesized that the association of certain sounds with visually presented forms would significantly influence the association of these sounds with the same or different forms when tactually presented. Three groups of subjects were used. During training trials, both experimental groups learned the same sound/form associations (with the forms being visually presented). During test trials, both experimental groups were presented the forms tactually, with Experimental Group 1 being tested with the same sound/form pairings given during training trials and Experimental Group 2 being tested with different sound/form pairings. The control group was exposed to a completely different set of stimuli (four new sounds and four line drawings) during training trials and exactly the same conditions as Experimental Group 1 during the test trials. The results indicated that form concept mediation across modalities can result in considerable transfer.
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Goodson, F.E., Silver, M.P., Schumaker, J. et al. Intersensory concepts in children. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 19, 259–260 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330250
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330250