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Science 22 June 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4399, pp. 1321 - 1322
DOI: 10.1126/science.313076
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Science, Vol 204, Issue 4399, 1321-1322
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Eye movements initiate visual-motor development in the cat

A Hein, F Vital-Durand, W Salinger, and R Diamond

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.


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