The Developing Visual Brain
Published on 30. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
236 pages
978-0-19-852599-8 (ISBN)
Description
One of the most dramatic areas of development in early human life is that of vision. Whereas vision plays a relatively minor role in the world of the newborn infant, by 6 months it has assumed the position as a dominant sense and forms the basis of later perceptual, cognitive, and social development.
From a world leader in the study of visual development in human infants comes a major new work, condensing a lifetime of work in this area - The developing visual brain. Drawing on over 20 years of cutting edge research in the Visual Develoment Units in Cambridge and University College London, the book provides the definitive account of what we know about the developing visual system, and the problems that can occur during development. The book reviews, evaluates, and sets in context the exciting progress being made in this area, and additionally suggests new areas for research.
Written to be accessible for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in psychology, the neurosciences, optometry, and visual science, The developing visual brain represents an important new addition to the literature on vision.
From a world leader in the study of visual development in human infants comes a major new work, condensing a lifetime of work in this area - The developing visual brain. Drawing on over 20 years of cutting edge research in the Visual Develoment Units in Cambridge and University College London, the book provides the definitive account of what we know about the developing visual system, and the problems that can occur during development. The book reviews, evaluates, and sets in context the exciting progress being made in this area, and additionally suggests new areas for research.
Written to be accessible for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in psychology, the neurosciences, optometry, and visual science, The developing visual brain represents an important new addition to the literature on vision.
Reviews / Votes
"As a text in developmental psychology the book is excellent, and this lower-priced paperback version will be snapped up by psychology students." * European Neurology *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
365 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-852599-8 (9780198525998)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Professor Jan Atkinson has been at the forefront of vision research for the past 25 years. As Head of the Visual Development Units at Cambridge and University College London, she has made the study of the developing visual system very much her own field.
Content
1. Background context ; 2. Paediatric vision testing ; 3. Models of visual development ; 4. Newborn vision ; 5. Development optics - refraction and focusing or accommodation ; 6. Functional onset of specific cortical modules ; 7. Development of integration ('binding') and segmentation processes leading to object perception ; 8. The interlinked approach to development of attention and action ; 9. Plasticity in visual development ; 10. Concluding remarks ; References ; Index