This book provides an up-to-date overview by leading international aut horities on normal and pathological infant visual development, spannin g the disciplines of neuroscience, psychology, ophthalmology, optometr y, and pediatrics. Topics include the development of retinal receptors; infant sensitivity to detail, color, contrast, and movement; binocul arity, eye movements, and refraction; and cognitive processing. The bo ok also covers children's visual defects such as amblyopia and catarac ts.