Infant Vision

Klappentext This book provides an up-to-date overview by leading international authorities of normal and pathological infant visual development! spanning the disciplines of neuroscience! psychology! ophthalmology! optometry! and pediatrics. Topics include the development of retinal receptors; infant sensitivity to detail! color! contrast! and movement; binocularity! eye movements! and refraction; and cognitive processing. The book also covers children's visual defects such as amblyopia and cataracts. Zusammenfassung This extensive book provides an up-to-date overview by leading international authorities, spanning the disciplines of neuroscience, psychology, ophthalmology, optometry, and paediatrics, of normal and pathological infant visual development. It covers the development of retinal receptors; infant sensitivity to detail, colour, contrast, and movement; binocularity, eye movements, and refraction, and cognitive processing. Childrens' visual deficits, including amblyopia and cataract are covered.

Product details

• Authors: Vital-durand, Francois ( Vital-Durand, Francois Atkinson Vital-Durand, Francois Atkinson Dr. Vital-Durand, Francois Vitral-Durand
• Assisted by: Janette Atkinson (Editor), Atkinson Janette (Editor), Oliver J. Braddick (Editor), Francois Vital-Durand (Editor), François Vital-Durand (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.1996
• EAN: 9780198523161
• ISBN: 978-0-19-852316-1
• No. of pages: 458
• Series: Oxford Science Publications; European Brain and Behaviour Society Publications Series; European Brain and Behaviour Society Publications Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; MEDICAL / Ophthalmology, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, MEDICAL / Neurology, MEDICAL / Physiology, Ophthalmology, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Paediatric medicine, Human Growth & Development, Human growth and development, Paediatric medicine / child and adolescent medicine