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SUMMARY:Touch: The sensory scaffold of development? - Professor Andrew Bre
 mner\, Professor of Psychology and Head of Department\, Department of Psyc
 hology\, Goldsmiths University of London
DTSTART:20171103T163000Z
DTEND:20171103T173000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Touch is the first of our senses to develop. From the first pr
 enatal trimester\, touch provides the sensory scaffold on which we come to
  perceive our own bodies and sense of self. As well as bodily experiences\
 , touch yields direct access to the external world of physical objects via
  haptics\, and it also comprises key social-affective functions. And yet\,
  surveys of the literature indicate that the numbers of articles examining
  tactile perceptual development (~7%) are dwarfed by those directed at the
  other senses. In this talk I will review research into tactile perceptual
  development across social\, cognitive\, emotional and affective domains\,
  focussing particularly on research from my own laboratory addressing the 
 early development of tactile contributions to own body perception. Key fin
 dings indicate that although tactile inputs have a developmental precedenc
 e compared to other senses\, the developmental process by which touch beco
 mes integrated with other sensory inputs extends well into postnatal devel
 opment. Given this\, I will argue that touch should be considered as centr
 al to the study of perceptual development rather than being neglected in t
 he periphery where it has\, until recently\, very definitely resided.\n\n 
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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