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Babies use their hands to feel shapes. Maybe brain works hard to make the connection between the inputs provided through touch and vision. Understanding shapes
by jpalomaki 7y ago
Babies use their hands to feel shapes. Maybe brain works hard to make the connection between the inputs provided through touch and vision.
Understanding shapes/outlines is useful for manipulating objects and avoiding obstacles.
Maybe the object recognition develops a bit later and builds on top of how brains already understand the world.
- scotty79 7y agoI think babies also have pretty crappy sharpness of vision. Maybe that's on purpose to help with initial learning how to see...
- mkl 7y agoIt seems they reach healthy adult sharpness by 6 months [1]. By the time they are sitting and starting to move they are certainly extremely good at finding tiny bits of fluff etc. to put in their mouths! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_visual_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_visual_development