Cases in Which Individuals with Cataracts Have Sight Restored to Them

question 169

Multiple Choice

Cases in which individuals with cataracts have sight restored to them after many years suggest that:

• A) most aspects of visual perception are inborn.
• B) early experiences can have relatively permanent effects on the brain.
• C) visual perception can be learned at any age.
• D) experiences later in life can greatly remodel connection in the visual cortex.

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Definitions:

Infant Perceptual Development

The progression through which a baby improves its abilities to perceive and process sensory information from the environment.

Sensory Stimulation

Refers to the process of sending information to your brain through senses like sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing.

Visual Acuity

The sharpness of vision, measured by the ability to discern letters or numbers at a given distance according to a fixed standard.

Proximodistal

Proximodistal describes a pattern of development in human growth where control and growth spread outward from the central axis of the body towards the extremities.