Formation of the System of Visual Perception in Ontogeny

Structural, electrophysiological, and behavioral evidence characterizing the specific features of the visual perception at different stages of ontogeny is considered. The main tendency of the formation of the mature type of the brain organization of the visual system is traced from local sensory reactions to active cognitive perception. The formation of the mature type of the organization of the visual perception is largely determined by the involvement of gradually maturing frontal areas. These areas, involved in the processing of sensory-specific information via pathways descending to deep regulatory structures and other cortical areas, provide for a selective dynamic organization of the visual perception system, which functions depending on the specific perceptive task.