First glances: The vision of infants: The Friedenwald lecture

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2183-2203

  Teller, Davida Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRATING; MODEL; MOTION; NIGHT VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACACA NEMESTRINA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030766727     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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