Development of smooth pursuit tracking in young infants

Vision Res. 1997 Jul;37(13):1799-810. doi: 10.1016/s0042-6989(96)00332-x.

Abstract

Eye and head movements were measured in a group of infants at 2, 3, and 5 months of age as they were attentively tracking an object moving at 0.2 or 0.4 Hz in sinus or triangular mode. Smooth pursuit gain increased with age, especially until 3 months. At 2-3 months, the lag of the smooth pursuit was small for the sinusoidal motion but large for the triangular one. At 5 months, smooth pursuit was leading the sinusoidal motion and the lag for the triangular one was small. Head tracking increased substantially with age and its lag was always large.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aging
  • Attention
  • Child Development*
  • Electrooculography
  • Eye Movements
  • Head Movements
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Pursuit, Smooth / physiology*
  • Saccades / physiology
  • Time Factors