intermodal perception

Intermodal perception is the process by which infants coordinate information from different senses, such as vision, hearing, smell, and touch, to gain awareness of and respond to their environment. While infants are born with functional sensory systems, they must acquire perceptual knowledge through experience. This coordination begins early and improves throughout infancy. For example, by four to five months, infants can recognize objects using both vision and touch, and they can also integrate auditory and visual rhythmic patterns. This ability to combine sensory input is fundamental to how we understand the world.12