title: How environment affects visual development: a selected review.
abstract: This selected review covers 60 papers on animal and human studies in which the development of vision, particularly the neural pathways, has been investigated in terms of environmental stimuli or their absence. Most of these studies are summarized in a single table. Emphasis is given to the early treatment of vision deficits.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003423:Critical Period, Psychological; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000254:growth & development*