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- Title
Traces of early developmental bias in the adult brain.
- Authors
Serero, Gad; Lev, Maria; Sagi, Dov; Polat, Uri
- Abstract
During the first 2 years of life, there is a high prevalence of optical distortions in the human eye, causing vertical blur on the retina (astigmatism), which is naturally resolved by the age of 5; thus, it is not treated. Here we determined the possible long-term effects on visual grouping resulting from optical distortions during the development of visual perception. Our results show a clear directional bias in shape perception for optically corrected astigmatic adults, compared with non-astigmatic ones, with remarkably slow decision times. These effects can be explained by a mismatch between the developmental timescales of different components in the visual system.
- Subjects
OPTICAL distortion; FORM perception; VISUAL perception; ASTIGMATISM; ADULTS; RETINA
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-023-38371-8