The Developing Visual Brain

Atkinson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2000
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-852297-3 (ISBN)

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One of the most dramatic areas of development in early human life is that of vision. Drawing on research in the Visual Development Units in Cambridge and University College, London, the author provides an account of what we know about the developing visual system, and the problems that can occur.

One of the most dramatic areas of development in early human life is that of vision. Whereas vision plays a relatively minor role in the world of the newborn infant, by 6 months it has assumed the position as a dominant sense and forms the basis of later perceptual, cognitive, and social development. Now, from a world leader in the study of visual development in human infants comes a major new work, condensing a lifetime of work in this area - The developing visual brain. Drawing on over 20 years of cutting edge research in the Visual Development Units in Cambridge and University College London, the book provides the definitive account of what we know about the developing visual system, and the problems that can occur during development. The book reviews, evaluates, and sets in context the exciting progress being made in this area, and additionally suggests new areas for research. Written to be accessible for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in psychology, the neurosciences, optometry, and visual science, The developing visual brain represents an important new addition to the literature on vision.

1. Background context; 2. Paediatric vision testing; 3. Models of visual development; 4. Newborn vision; 5. Development optics - refraction and focusing or accommodation; 6. Functional onset of specific cortical modules; 7. Development of integration ('binding') and segmentation processes leading to object perception; 8. The interlinked approach to development of attention and action; 9. Plasticity in visual development; 10. Concluding remarks; References; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.6.2000
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	537 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie
ISBN-10	0-19-852297-5 / 0198522975
ISBN-13	978-0-19-852297-3 / 9780198522973
Zustand	Neuware