A relatively recently studied phenomenon in which certain cross-modal relations areperceived in the first 4 months of life, but are no longer apparent by 12months-of-age (see Lewkowicz & Ghazanfar, 2009). This multisensoryperceptual narrowing is thought to be experience dependent.
See Cross-modal coordination, Cross-modal matching, Developmental differentiation, Developmental integration, Experience-dependent process, Intersensory redundancy hypothesis, Multisensory cue integration
Lewkowicz,D.J., & Ghazanfar, A.A. (2009).The emergence of multisensory systemsthrough perceptual narrowing. Trends inCognitive Sciences, 13, 470-478.