The development of vision

Early Human Development

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 795-800

  Mercuri, Eugenio ^a   Baranello, Giovanni ^a   Romeo, Domenico M M ^a   Cesarini, Laura ^a   Ricci, Daniela ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural tests; Infants; Newborn; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STEADY STATE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; VISION;

EID: 35548943658     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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