One-month-old infants were given either a smooth pacifier or one with hard nubs on which to suck.Although they had not seen the pacifier while sucking on it,when given the opportunity to look,the infants stared longer at the type of pacifier that they had sucked on.This shows that they have

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The infants' ability to recognize and connect the tactile sensation of the pacifier with its visual appearance demonstrates cross-modal perception - the integration of information from different sensory modalities. Option B, evoked potential, refers to the electrical activity in the brain in response to sensory stimuli, but this term is not applicable to this scenario. Option C, inter-sensory sensation, is not a well-defined term, and it does not accurately describe what the infants are demonstrating. Option D, dynamic systems, is a theoretical perspective that emphasizes the importance of interactions between different aspects of development in shaping behavior, but it is not directly relevant to this scenario.

One-Month-Old Infants Were Given Either a Smooth Pacifier or One