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Sound localization ability is present in the first ten days of infancy as soon as the infant begins to notice sound

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r1 · q1
Currency · newest study 1922 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q1 i? In all four observed infants, a surprising ability to observe the direction of a source of sound was present as soon as the infant began to notice sound at all. → Seashore 1922

Evidence

Seashore 1922

Seashore, C. E. (1922). Elementary tests in psychology. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://archive.org

q1 · i? · qualitative · r1

The author's personal observation of four infants during their first ten days, offered as evidence that elemental sensory discriminations manifest themselves very early in infancy and that the process is automatic. No measurements or statistics are reported.

"I have observed four infants during the first ten days with reference to their localization of sound, and in all four cases a surprising ability to observe the direction of a source of sound was present as soon as the infant began to notice sound at all."

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type claim
id infant-sound-localization-first-ten-days
title Sound localization ability is present in the first ten days of infancy as soon as the infant begins to notice sound
description Sound localization ability is present in the first ten days of infancy as soon as the infant begins to notice sound
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 1922
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-24
trust unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources 1 — seashore-1922

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