Development of Visual Motion Perception for Prospective Control: Brain and Behavioral Studies in Infants

Frontiers in Psychology

Seth B. Agyei¹ 

关键词: brain and behavioral development;    visual motion perception;    optic flow processing;    perceptual information for action;    prospective control;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00100

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

During infancy, smart perceptual mechanisms develop allowing infants to judge time-space motion dynamics more efficiently with age and locomotor experience. This emerging capacity may be vital to enable preparedness for upcoming events and to be able to navigate in a changing environment. Little is known about brain changes that support the development of prospective control and about processes, such as preterm birth, that may compromise it. As a function of perception of visual motion, this paper will describe behavioral and brain studies with young infants investigating the development of visual perception for prospective control. By means of the three visual motion paradigms of occlusion, looming, and optic flow, our research shows the importance of including behavioral data when studying the neural correlates of prospective control.

【 授权许可】

CC BY