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Development of vernier acuity and grating acuity in normally reared monkeys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Lynne Kiorpes
Lynne Kiorpes
Affiliation:
Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology, New York University, New York
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Abstract

The developmental time courses for vernier acuity and grating acuity were measured longitudinally in infant Macaca nemestrina monkeys. Behavioral measurements of vernier and grating acuity were made at regular intervals during development. Near birth, grating acuity is relatively more mature than vernier acuity. The proportional rate of vernier acuity development is faster than that for grating acuity. During the course of development, grating acuity improves approximately 15-fold whereas vernier acuity improves about 60-fold. Both visual functions approach adult levels at about the same age, around 40 weeks postnatally. Although grating acuity develops about four times faster in monkeys than in humans, vernier acuity development in monkeys and humans does not appear to reflect the same relationship. Adult levels of vernier acuity for the monkeys are about a factor of 2 poorer than are typically reported for humans. The differential development of vernier acuity and grating acuity does not necessarily reflect development at different levels of the visual system.

Keywords

Visual developmentVernier acuityGrating acuityMacaque monkey
Type
Research Articles
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 9 , Issue 3-4 , October 1992 , pp. 243 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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