?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Taking+Synchrony+Seriously%3A+A+Perceptual-Level+Model+of+Infant+Synchrony+Detection&rft.creator=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.creator=Hollich%2C+George+J.&rft.creator=Helder%2C+Nathan+A.&rft.creator=Mislivec%2C+Eric+J.&rft.creator=Reddy%2C+Anoop&rft.creator=Salunke%2C+Sampanna&rft.creator=Memon%2C+Naveed&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Machine+Vision&rft.description=Synchrony+detection+between+different+sensory+and%2For+motor+channels+appears+critically+important+for+young+infant+learning+and+cognitive+development.+For+example%2C+empirical+studies+demonstrate+that+audio-visual+synchrony+aids+in+language+acquisition.+In+this+paper+we+compare+these+infant+studies+with+a+model+of+synchrony+detection+based+on+the+Hershey+and+Movellan+(2000)+algorithm+augmented+with+methods+for+quantitative+synchrony+estimation.+Four+infant-model+comparisons+are+presented%2C+using+audio-visual+stimuli+of+increasing+complexity.+While+infants+and+the+model+showed+learning+or+discrimination+with+each+type+of+stimuli+used%2C+the+model+was+most+successful+with+stimuli+comprised+of+one+audio+and+one+visual+source%2C+and+also+with+two+audio+sources+and+a+dynamic-face+visual+motion+source.+More+difficult+for+the+model+were+stimuli+conditions+with+two+motion+sources%2C+and+more+abstract+visual+dynamics%E2%80%94an+oscilloscope+instead+of+a+face.+Future+research+should+model+the+developmental+pathway+of+synchrony+detection.+Normal+audio-visual+synchrony+detection+in+infants+may+be+experience-dependent+(e.g.%2C+Bergeson%2C+et+al.%2C+2004).&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Sandini%2C+Giulio&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Metta%2C+Giorgio&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4145%2F1%2Fprince.pdf&rft.identifier=++Prince%2C+Christopher+G.+and+Hollich%2C+George+J.+and+Helder%2C+Nathan+A.+and+Mislivec%2C+Eric+J.+and+Reddy%2C+Anoop+and+Salunke%2C+Sampanna+and+Memon%2C+Naveed++(2004)+Taking+Synchrony+Seriously%3A+A+Perceptual-Level+Model+of+Infant+Synchrony+Detection.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4145%2F