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Zusatztext "As a text in developmental psychology the book is excellent, and this lower-priced paperback version will be snapped up by psychology students." Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 six months it has assumed the position as a dominant sense and forms the basis of later perceptual! cognitive! and socialdevelopment. From a world leader in the study of visual development in human infants comes a major new book! condensing a lifetime of work in this area. Drawing on over 20 years of cutting edge research in the Visual Development Units in Cambridge and University College! London! this book provides the definitiveaccount 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 to advancedundergraduates! graduate students! and researchers in psychology! the neurosciences! optometry! and visual science! this volume represents an important new addition to the literature on vision. Zusammenfassung The Developing Visual Brain presents the definitive, authoritative work on the developing visual system, one based on over 20 years of research. While reviewing and evaluating the exciting progress that has been made in this area, the book additionally sets out and describes new areas for research in this area. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
