Development of sensitivity to texture and contour information in the human infant

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 569-579

  Norcia, Anthony M ^a   Pei, Francesca ^b   Bonneh, Yoram ^c   Hou, Chuan ^a   Sampath, Vanitha ^a   Pettet, Mark W ^a  

^a Smith Kettlewell Eye Res Institute   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VISION;

EID: 16444369263     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929053467596     Document Type: Article

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