INTERSENSORY FUNCTIONING - AUDITORY VISUAL-PATTERN EQUIVALENCE IN YOUNGER AND OLDER CHILDREN

Intra- and intersensory auditory-visual pattern equivalence, as well as transposition (temporal-spatial equivalence), was examined in 72 children between the ages of 7 and 17. Increased accuracy in performance was associated with increased age on both intra- and intersensory matching whether or not transposition was required. For the 7-year-old children, intrasensory matching was easier when transposition was not required; however, intersensory matching was easier when transposition was required. Although the requirement of transposition facilitated the performance of the 13-year-old children on intersensory tasks, there was no effect of transposition on the oldest subjects' performance. The findings are discussed in relation to the need to differentiate between different types of intersensory functioning.