Eye Movements Initiate Visual-Motor Development in the Cat
- 22 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 204 (4399) , 1321-1322
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.313076
Abstract
Visually naive kittens turn their eyes toward visual targets but lack other visual-motor coordinations. Light-reared animals were able to mediate guided behaviors with an immobilized eye, but animals with the eye immobilized before initial exposure to a lighted environment were not. Eye movement is implied to play an essential role in visual-motor development.Keywords
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