Butterfly effects in perceptual development

A review of the ‘adaptive initial degradation’ hypothesis

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ID19385807
AuthorsLukas Vogelsang (0000-0002-2355-9064, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, corresponding author), Marin Vogelsang (0009-0001-5206-1580, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Gordon Pipa (0000-0002-3416-2652, Osnabrück University), Sidney Diamond (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Pawan Sinha (0000-0002-8259-7079, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Year2024
Volume71
Pages101117
Publication date2024-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0273-2297 • E-ISSN: 1090-2406
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.dr.2024.101117
PMID40838216
OpenAlexW4391019405
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited114

Human perceptual development evolves in a stereotyped fashion, with initially limited perceptual capabilities maturing over the months or years following the commencement of sensory experience into robust proficiencies. This review focuses on the functional significance of these developmental progressions. Specifically, we review findings from studies of children who have experienced alterations of early development, as well as results from corresponding computational models, which have recently provided compelling evidence that specific attributes of early sensory experience are likely to be important prerequisites for later developing skills in several perceptual domains such as vision and audition. Notably, the limitations of early sensory experience have therein emerged as scaffolds, rather than hurdles, being causally responsible for the acquisition of later perceptual proficiencies, while dispensing with these limitations has the perhaps counter-intuitive consequence of compromising later development. These results have implications for understanding why normal trajectories of perceptual development are sequenced in the way that they are, help account for the perceptual deficits observed in individuals with atypical histories of sensory development, and serve as guidelines for the creation of more robust and effective training procedures for computational learning systems

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Developmental psychology · Perception · Perceptual Learning · Sensory system · Face Recognition and Perception · Neural dynamics and brain function · Neuroscience · Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms

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