In adults, three key areas of the brain are known to respond specifically to faces. These include the fusiform face area (FFA), the superior temporal sulcus (STS), and the medial prefrontal cortex ...

In a noisy school cafeteria, two children speak over the conversations and clanging utensils happening around them. While ...

New research reveals how early-life blurry, low-color vision may help shape the brain’s visual pathways into specialized systems.

Brain Connectivity at Birth Shapes Visual Recognition Skills Infant brain wiring guides visual recognition, but experience refines it, revealing a balance between nature and nurture.

A Stanford-led study finds that brain organization for visual recognition is partly innate but also shaped by experience. Using MRI on infants, researchers identified stable white matter connections ...

This valuable study investigates the development of high-level visual responses in infants, finding that neural responses specific to faces are present by 4-6 months but not earlier. The study is ...

Yet, this study says, no, visual input changes with development. It's not the same for everybody. The daily life input for very young infants appears to be unique to that age." ...

Researchers uncovered a critical aspect of infant vision, revealing that very young babies experience a unique visual diet consisting of simple, high-contrast patterns and edges found in everyday ...

News Release 4-Dec-2023 Infants are not startled by visual illusions Peer-Reviewed Publication Chuo University image: Figure 1: Illusions begin to occur around six months of age.

Language development is a multisensory experience. Caregivers' expressive vocal and visual cues during speech and song attract infants' attention to support their development.