Does Visual Modularity Increase Over the Course of Development?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages E583-E588

  Dobkins, Karen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Development; Magnocellular; Motion; Parvocellular; Shape; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; MAGNOCELLULAR; MOTION; PARVOCELLULAR; SHAPE; SYNESTHESIA;

COLOR;

COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 68049096178     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181a72854     Document Type: Review

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