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Testing neural models of the development of infant visual attention

Year: 2002

Type: review

Abstract: Several models of the development of infant visual attention have used information about neural development. Most of these models have been based on nonhuman animal studies and have relied on indirect measures of neural development in human infants. This article discusses methods for studying a "neurodevelopmental" model of infant visual attention using indirect and direct measures of cortical activity. We concentrate on the effect of attention on eye movement control and show how animal-based models, indirect measurement in human infants, and direct measurement of brain activity inform this model.

Source: Developmental Psychobiology

DOI: 10.1002/dev.10029

Authors: John E. Richards, Sharon K. Hunter

Institutions: University of South Carolina, University of Colorado Health

Language: English

Topic: Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: G2326184844, The development of sustained attention in infants