Influence of binocular deprivation on the development of attention

Purpose. To examine the influence of binocular deprivation on the development of visual spatial attention in humans. We studied patients (aged 8 to 20 yrs) in whom bilateral congenital cataracts had prevented patterned visual input during infancy. Methods. We adapted two reaction tine tasks (Eriksen 1995; Posner, Nissen, & Ogden, 1978): 1. Detection - Subjects push a button as soon as they detect a target that is presented in a cued, miscued, …