EARLY VISUAL DEPRIVATION - LOCAL DISTURBA NCE OF VISUAL FUNCTIONS OF GENERALIZED CHANGE OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Results of a longitudinal study of early visual deprivation influence (in the case of innate bilateral cataract) on child mental development are presented. The systematic complex study of visual deprivation is carried out for the first time. The data on specificity of a child's b ehavioral, cognitive, social and affective interactions and its' brain mechanisms are obtained. li was concluded that early visual deprivati on results both in local disturbances of visual functions and in gener alized changes in psychophysiological development. The necessity of or ganization of a complex diagnostic and correction center for children with the disturbances of that kind arises from the given study.