[The third in a series of 3 posts re sensory integration, from my book Ready to Learn. ] Objectives: A. Understand that during development, sensory dominance can persist in guiding task-related behavioural responses but that sensory systems are continually calibrating one another. B. Understand that with typical experience, children gradually learn to integrate suitable/available sensory inputs to optimize task responses with adult level proficiency. C. Appreciate that sensor

[The second in a series of 3 excerpts re sensory integration from my book, Ready to Learn. ]   Objectives: A. Learn that animal and human studies reveal that immature perceivers often rely on a dominant sensory input to guide task-related behaviour. B. Understand that sensory dominance in a particular context can change as part of normal development.   When a perceiver in a multisensory task must decide upon a task-appropriate action, experience routinely assigns a weighted r

[The first in a series of 3 excerpts re sensory integration from my book, Ready to Learn. ] Objectives: A. Distinguish two examples of independent sensory function in animals. B. Appreciate the sophistication of multisensory interactions in humans but also understand that independent sensory function is sometimes observed, and most often in children. C. Define “sensory dominance.” Independent sensory function is often observed in animals. In the spirit of developmental psycho