Although vision is limited at first, moving objects catch newborns’ attention. Babies are likely to track an object with their eyes as long as the target moves slowly.
References
Banks, M. S., & Salapatek, P. (1983). Infant visual perception. In Haith, M. M., & Campos, J. J. (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology. Infancy and developmental psychobiology. New York: Wiley.
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