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The coordination of eye and head movements during early infancy: a selective review
Behavioural Brain Research
|October 1, 1983
Insights
Human infants coordinate eye and head movements to track visual stimuli and maintain focus during head motion. This review examines their developing abilities in visual attention and sensorimotor control.
Area of Science:
- Developmental neuroscience
- Ophthalmology
- Human motor control
Background:
- Infant visual-motor coordination is crucial for development.
- Understanding early sensorimotor integration is key.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review research on infant eye-head coordination.
- To analyze performance in visual fixation tasks.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies on infant eye-head movements.
- Analysis of performance under peripheral visual stimulus and head movement conditions.
Main Results:
- Infants utilize coordinated eye and head movements.
- Performance is assessed for visual shift and fixation maintenance during head motion.
Conclusions:
- Infants demonstrate early abilities in coordinated eye-head movements.
- These abilities are fundamental for visual attention and spatial orientation.
Abstract:
A review of work dealing with the human infant's ability to use coordinated eye and head movements is presented. Primary emphasis is given to performance under two conditions: (1) the shifting of fixation to a visual stimulus in the periphery; and (2) the use of eye movements to maintain fixation by compensating for the effects of externally imposed head movements.