Trondheim, Norway. -- Norwegian scientists say they have determined mobile infants have established neural pathways that can identify looming danger.
Professor Ruud van der Weel and Audrey van der Meer of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology say they determined infants' ability to see whether an object is approaching on a direct collision course, and when it is likely to collide, develops around the time they become more mobile.
An approaching object on a collision course projects an expanding image on the retina. Looming stimuli create waves of neural activity in the visual cortex in adults. The scientists said they investigated how, and where, an infant brain extracts and processes information about imminent collision.
