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. 1980 Sep;77(9):5572–5574. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.9.5572

Stereoacuity of human infants.

R Held, E Birch, J Gwiazda
PMCID: PMC350104  PMID: 6933571

Abstract

Stereograms were presented in a two-choice preference procedure. The mean age at which stereopsis was first demonstrable was 16 weeks. By a mean age of 21 weeks, infants had achieved stereoacuity of 1 minute of arc or better. In comparison with the relatively slow development of visual acuity, the time course for the development of stereoacuity is extremely rapid.

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