Author | Daw, Nigel W. author |
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Title | Visual Development [electronic resource] / by Nigel W. Daw |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1995 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6940-1 |
Descript | XIV, 228 p. online resource |
1 Introduction -- 2 Functional Organization of the Visual System -- Section I Normal Development -- 3 Development of Visual Capabilities -- 4 Anatomical Development of the Visual System -- 5 Development of Receptive Field Properties -- Section II Amblyopia and the Effects of Visual Deprivation -- 6 Modifications to the Visual Input That Lead to Nervous System Changes -- 7 Physiological and Anatomical Changes That Result from Optical and Motor Deficits -- 8 What Is Amblyopia? -- 9 Critical Periods -- Section III Mechanisms of Plasticity -- 10 Concepts of Plasticity -- 11 Long-Term Potentiation as a Model -- 12 Mechanisms of Plasticity in the Visual Cortex -- 13 Deprivation Myopia and Emmetropization -- Section IV Conclusions -- 14 Future Studies