Infant contrast detectors are selective for direction of motion

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-294

  Dobkins, Karen R ^a,b   Teller, Davida Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional selectivity; Motion; Probability summation; Speed; Temporal contrast sensitivity function; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATHEMATICS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029655536     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00094-G     Document Type: Article

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