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  • Title: The development of chromatic and achromatic contrast sensitivity in infancy as tested with the sweep VEP.
    Author: Kelly JP, Borchert K, Teller DY.
    Journal: Vision Res; 1997 Aug; 37(15):2057-72. PubMed ID: 9327054.
    Abstract:
    Swept-contrast visual evoked potential (VEP) techniques were used to measure the development of contrast sensitivity functions (CSFs) for achromatic and red/green isoluminant chromatic gratings. Subjects were infants of 8, 14, 20 and 32 weeks of age, and adults. Stimuli were 20 deg, 0.3-4 cyc/deg sinusoidal gratings, counterphased at 6 Hz and modulated through white. Achromatic and chromatic CSFs for all ages could be fit simultaneously with a double exponential equation of a common, lowpass shape. Both achromatic and chromatic CSFs exhibited developmental shifts in both sensitivity and spatial scale. From 8 weeks to adulthood, sensitivity increased by 0.64 log units for achromatic gratings and by 0.91 log units for chromatic gratings, yielding an 0.27 log unit larger sensitivity change for chromatic than for achromatic stimuli. Spatial scale shifts were closely similar across achromatic and chromatic CSFs, and were consistent with the factor of about four predicted on the basis of changes in foveal receptor packing density and eye size. The question of uniform vs differential loss of sensitivity for chromatic vs achromatic stimuli at fixed spatial frequencies is discussed.
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