Visual resolution in young kittens

Abstract A longitudinal study of the development of the visual acuity of young kittens was made using a behavioural method similar in principle to that employed by Lashley many years ago for his studies of pattern vision in the rat. The visual acuity for gratings rose gradually from about 1.2 c/deg at 35 days of age to reach adult values of between 5 and 6 c/deg when the animals were from 3 to 4 months old.

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