From this view, information had to be integrated across the separate senses through a gradual process of association in order for infants to perceive unified objects and events.
How do young infants determine which patterns of sensory stimulation belong together and which ones are unrelated? For much of the twentieth century, the majority of developmental scientists assumed that infants must gradually learn to coordinate and integrate information obtained by the separate sensory systems. Most objects and events present a complex mix of visual, auditory, tactile, and olfactory stimulation to the senses.
