Visual Development
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Reviews from the First Edition
"Nigel Daw has written an outstanding book that provides a much-needed summary and synthesis of the impressive recent advances in the experimental study of disorders of visual development…Professor Daw’s book is unique for its succinct yet thorough coverage of these complex topics. This book excels at distilling the results from many studies in a manner that should greatly facilitate exchange of information between the clinical and basic sciences. The book is written at a level that is appropriate both for the beginner in the field and the expert…Basic scientists will gain an appreciation for the range of clinical aspects of human developmental visual disorders and clinicians will find a convenient and readable summary of the current state of knowledge of the physiological basis of visual system development."
Reprinted from American Orthoptic Journal Volume 46 (1996). Review by J.N. Ver Hoeve with permission from The University of Wisconsin Press.
"...Research on visual development now spans a wide variety of disciplines encompassing biochemistry, anatomy, electrophysiology, psychophysics, clinical ophthalmology, and other related topics. It is difficult to present a thorough overview of such a broad range of topics in a simple, concise manner. However, Nigel Daw has masterfully accomplished this task in his book. It is well organized, informative, easy to read, and enjoyable."
Reprinted from American Journal of Ophthalmology, V121(2), Book Reviews, 1996, with permission from Elsevier.
This book will discuss visual development, leading on to visual deprivation, where the development is disturbed by faults in the optics or motor control of the eye. Visual deprivation is an important and fascinating subject from severalpointsofview:clinical,philosophical,historical,andscienti?c. Many general questions in these areas have been framed over the years in terms of the visual system. This is not surprising, because we are visual animals. If dogs ruled the world, the title of this book would beOlfactoryDevelopment. As it is, vision is our most important sense, and the ?rst that we think of in discussing scienti?c and philosophical questions. A large number of people have personally experienced some form of - sualdeprivation. Anythingthataffectstheimagesontheretinasofyoungch- dren can have lasting effects on the part of the brain that processes visual s- nals. This can occur if one eye is in focus, but the other is not; if vertical lines areinfocus,buthorizontallinesarenot;ifthetwoeyeslookindifferentdir- tions (strabismus); if the lens of one or both eyes is cloudy (cataract); or if the eyeballgrowssomuchthatobjectscannolongerbefocusedontheretina. F- quently these conditions lead to poor vision in one or both eyes as a result of changes that have occurred in the central visual system, even after the images ontheretinasaremadeclearandcoordinated. AftertheGreeks,thisisnamed amblyopia, meaning blunt vision or dull vision. The colloquial term for - blyopia islazyeye. Between 2% and 4% of the population may become - blyopic from visual deprivation. Philosophersbecameinterestedinthesubjectofvisualdeprivationwhen William Molyneux posed his famous question in the late 17th century.
This is a revision of a very popular text originally published 10 years ago. All information has been thoroughly updated
While the field of visual development remains exciting and important from both the clinical and basic science points of view, no competition to this volume exists
All aspects of visual development are covered, including organization, development, effects of visual deprivation, mechanisms of visual deprivation, and fundamental questions that researchers will need to answer as the field progresses
This is the second edition of a text devoted to the development of the visual system. The author is one of the leaders in the field of visual neuroscience, currently one of the hottest areas in neuroscience.
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Nigel Daw
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