Delayed visual maturation in infants: A disorder of figure-ground separation?

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 365-369

  Harris, C M ^a   Kriss, A ^a   Shawkat, F ^a   Taylor, D ^a   Russell Eggitt, I ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention disorder; Infant eye movements; Ocular motor apraxia; Optokinetic nystagmus; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0029787252     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00128-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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