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NSF-BSF: Elucidating the functional and microstructural development of the human visual sy — NSF Award to Stanford University (CA,

Children's brains grow and change in ways that help them understand what they see. Over development, babies and children learn to recognize familiar faces and places, make sense of words on a page, and make visual decisions such as "Is this my mother?" or "What word am I reading?" This project explains how children dev

Award titleNSF-BSF: Elucidating the functional and microstructural development of the human visual sy
Award ID2547344
AwardeeStanford University
CitySTANFORD
StateCA
Amount obligated$795,439
Principal investigatorKalanit Grill-Spector
ProgramCross-Directorate Activities
Start date07/01/2026
AbstractChildren's brains grow and change in ways that help them understand what they see. Over development, babies and children learn to recognize familiar faces and places, make sense of words on a page, and make visual decisions such as "Is this my mother?" or "What word am I reading?" This project explains how children develop visual intelligence by studying how brain structure and brain function change together from infancy to young adulthood. The research may help scientists create earlier ways to
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