ABSTRACT
Development of visual perception is apparent in social functioning (Figure 4) and in the infant’s emerging ability to search and find, reach out and grasp and manipulate objects (Figure 5).
Infants begin to make sense of object unity (that visible parts of objects are connected) from 3 months and look for partially hidden objects by 6 months. However, it is not until about 9 months that they begin to retrieve completely covered objects. By about 12 months they can track an object’s hidden movement, so that when
Responding to light: Birth
Preference for mother’s face:
First week
Recognising people: 4-6 months
Finding objects
out at the other end.
