Influence of a central stimulus on infants' visual fields

We used static perimetry to evaluate the influence of a central stimulus on infants' orienting toward stimuli in the temporal and nasal visual fields. Newborns, 1-month-olds, and 4-month-olds (n = 252) were tested monocularly with a flashing 6° central light that either remained on or was turned off when an identical light was presented in the periphery. We measured whether infants made an eye movement toward the peripheral lights more often …