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A Method to Quantify Visual Information Processing in Children Using Eye Tracking
Published on: July 9, 2016
The maturation of form and motion perception in school age children
E E Parrish1, D E Giaschi, C Boden
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Room A146, BC's Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3V4.
Abstract:
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the maturation of form and motion perception, specifically the component visual abilities involved in the identification of motion-defined form, in children ranging in age from 3 to 12 years. Experiment 1 compared the maturation of motion-defined and texture-defined shape identification. Minimum speed thresholds on the motion-defined shape task decreased until age 7 years. Orientation difference thresholds on the texture-defined shape task decreased until age 11 years. Experiment 2 compared the maturation of global motion and global texture direction discrimination. Coherence thresholds on both tasks were similar in children of all ages and adults. Experiment 3 compared the maturation of direction discrimination on motion coherence and motion displacement tasks. Maximum displacement thresholds (Dmax) increased until age 7 years. The results are discussed with respect to the maturation of M/dorsal and P/ventral visual pathways.
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