Oakes Lab
Principal Investigator: Lisa M Oakes
Institution: University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
Primary Subfield: Neuroscience
Recruitment Status: Inquire for rotation/fellowship opportunities
Research Focus
Project Summary Despite decades of research on infants’ visual processing, little is known about how their development reflects changes in the visual input they receive. Throughout infancy, the view of the world changes as infants become able to shift their posture from lying on their back to sitting, or from crawling to standing and walking. However, researchers have primarily examined infants’ visual attention when viewing images taken from an adult viewpoint. The long-term objective of this project is to provide understanding into the nature of the development of infants’ visual attention given these changes in visual input. That is, because infants rely even more heavily than do adults on visual processing to gain information about the world, understanding how their attention develops considering these changes in viewpoint is critical for a complete understanding of healthy development. To accomplish this objective, this project will address 3 specific aims. First the research team will conduct work to compare infants’ visual attention to scenes from a familiar point of view (i.e., from a lying on the ground or crawling perspective) versus from a relatively unfamiliar point of…
Active NIH Awards
- 5R01EY030127-07: The development of visual behavior in infancy (2026)
- 5P30EY012576-28: Software Engineering Core (2026)
- 2R01EY030127-06A1: The development of visual behavior in infancy (2025)
- 5P30EY012576-27: Software Engineering Core (2025)
- 2P30EY012576-26: Software Engineering Core (2024)
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