Neurobiology of Infant Vision

The study of visual development has proceeded at a rapid pace in recent years, and there have been theoretical and methodological innovations across a wide range of disciplines. This book brings together some of the most recent innovations from a neurobiological perspective. Chapters cover the pre- to postnatal development of vision, new insights into the concept of critical periods, object and face recognition, as well as dynamic perception and visual recognition memory in infants. The volume finishes with a detailed overview of the development of visual functions from the perspective of neural network modeling.

This book will appeal to psychologists, visual scientists and infancy researchers with an interest in development of the visaul system from a multidisciplinary perspective. An integrative introduction is followed by chapters that challenge thinking about development in terms of a nativist-empiricist dichotomy. Emphasis is on cross-disciplinary research links and between chapters readers will find cross-references.

List of contents

Introduction
Finlay, Clancy, Kingsbury
Daw
Rodman
de Haan
Gilmore
Grossberg
About the Contributors

About the author

BRIAN HOPKINS is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Lancaster University.

SCOTT P. JOHNSON is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Hopkins, Johnson Scott P.
• Assisted by: Brian Hopkins (Editor), Scott P. Johnson (Editor), Scott P. Ph. D. Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2003
• EAN: 9781567506914
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-691-4
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; neurosurgery, MEDICAL / Surgery / Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Paediatric medicine, MEDICAL / Surgery / Eye, MEDICAL / Surgery / Pediatric, Health and Wellness: Medicine