Infant sensitivity to radial optic flow fields during the first months of life

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Brosseau Lachaine, Odile ^a   Casanova, Christian ^a   Faubert, Jocelyn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infants; Motion coherence; Optic flow; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 42149124894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.4.5     Document Type: Article

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