1. Development of contrast sensitivity in normal and amblyopic monkeys / Lynne Kiorpes -- 2. Development of the visual field: results from human and animal studies / Ruxandra Sireteanu -- 3. Development of primate rod structure and function / Anne Fulton, Ronald M. Hansen, Elizabeth Dorn and Anita Hendrickson -- 4. Assessing dimensionality in infant colour vision / Kenneth Knoblauch, Michelle Bieber and John S. Werner -- 5. Spatial and temporal properties of infant colour vision / David C. Burr, M. Concetta Morrone and Adriana Fiorentini -- 6. Development of visual motion processing / John R.B. Wattam-Bell -- 7. Basic considerations when refracting infants / Frank Thorn -- 8. Using near retinoscopy to refract infants / Frank Thorn, Jane Gwiazda and Richard Held -- 9. Prediction of myopia in children / Jane Gwiazda, Joseph Bauer, Frank Thorn and Richard Held -- 10. Issues in infant vision screening and assessment / Janette Atkinson
Summary
This overview of infants' visual development spans the basic and clinical sciences. It covers the development of retinal receptors; infant sensitivity to detail, colour, contrast and movement; binocularity, eye movements and refraction; and cognitive processing