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Vision is the result of light being detected and transduced into neural signals by the retina of the eye. This information is then further analyzed and interpreted by the brain. First, light enters the front of the eye and is focused by the cornea and lens onto the retina—a thin sheet of neural tissue lining the back of the eye. Because of refraction through the convex lens of the eye, images are projected onto the retina upside-down and reversed.
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  • Vision Science

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  • Post-natal development of form vision involves maturation of visual processing.
  • The role of mid-level visual cortex in this developmental trajectory is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether improvements in form vision after birth are linked to changes within the mid-level visual cortex.
  • To examine the relationship between behavioral and neural responses to naturalistic visual stimuli during development.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal measurements of visual behavior and neuronal responses in animals from 16 weeks to over 3 years of age.
  • Utilized texture stimuli matched for spectral content but varied in naturalistic structure.
  • Assessed neural sensitivity in various visual cortical areas, including V1, V2, V4, and inferotemporal cortex (IT).

Main Results:

  • Behavioral sensitivity to naturalistic structure improved significantly with age, reaching half-maximum around 25 weeks.
  • Neural sensitivities to these stimuli remained stable across all tested ages.
  • Neural sensitivity was highest in V4, followed by V2 and IT, with minimal sensitivity in V1.

Conclusions:

  • A dissociation exists between stable neural performance in visual cortex and improving behavioral performance.
  • This suggests that post-natal visual development may involve enhanced processing in brain circuits downstream of the visual cortex.