Smooth pursuit in infants: Maturation and the influence of stimulation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-77

  Pieh, Christina ^a   Proudlock, Frank ^b   Gottlob, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFRARED OCULOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SACCADES; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84455170182     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.191726     Document Type: Article

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