Visual development.

I B Suchoff

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Visual development.

I B Suchoff

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This paper summarizes the postnatal development of the visual system in a format that separates the various parts and functions into Input Components, Transmitting Components, Integrative Mechanisms, and Visually Induced Cognitive Behaviour. This treatment of a number of studies and philosophies that comprise the field of infants' vision indicates that most components and mechanisms are fully operative by the end of the second year of life.

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Accommodation, Ocular Auditory Perception Cognition Cornea Eye Eye Movements Humans Hyperopia Infant Infant, Newborn Lens, Crystalline Motor Skills Optic Nerve Pattern Recognition, Visual Retina Vision, Ocular Visual Perception Journal Article Review

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