Orientation discrimination and cortical function in the human newborn.

作者: Alan Slater , Victoria Morison , Marcia Somers

DOI: 10.1068/P170597

关键词: Spatial organizationHabituationCentral nervous systemNeuroscienceVisual cortexVisual PhysiologyCritical testOrientation (mental)PsychologyVisual perception

摘要: There is some controversy concerning whether or not the visual abilities of newborn are mediated entirely through subcortical pathways cortex functioning at birth. A critical test cortical discrimination orientation: orientation-selective neurons found in but parts system. An experiment described which infants were habituated to a square-wave grating oriented 45 degrees from vertical. After habituation, significant preferences for novel, mirror-image, found, result argues degree

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