IntroductionThe way young, old and newborn babies look at things has been the subject of numerous studies for many years. These tendencies are called visual preferences, and in newborns this study can be called early visual perception. Although interest in studying visual preferences has waned, significant progress has been made in this field. This study, however, has been very instrumental in helping scholars understand issues of early childhood development. Among these issues is how visual preferences can help children process the stimuli they encounter. The question of whether or not newborns possess visual preference abilities after birth has also shown great interest among scholars. This article seeks to analyze the arguments and delve into the concrete evidence. The article will consider how children process and respond to visual stimuli in their environment. Furthermore, the paper seeks to establish how age and experience impact this process. These two factors will help correlate visual preference with cognition and perception in newborns. The article will mainly focus on how newborns process stimuli with respect to visual preferences. Visual development in newborns Visual awareness in humans can influence social interaction and knowledge formation. It has always been thought that adults have better eyesight than children. In the past it was thought that children were born without sight and acquired it gradually. Most of these perceptions have so far been quashed by modern research. Even if the above is not true, there are still many differences between the vision of newborns and that of adults. The child's eye is less than half the size of an adult's. Whereas visual ability is related to eye size, in infant...... middle of paper......s. Future studies on visual preferences are more likely to focus on environmental aspects surrounding the child. Works Cited Banks, S., & Salapatek, P. (1981). Infant model vision: a new approach based on contrast sensitivity function. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 31, 1-45. Berlyne, D. (1958). Conflict, excitement and curiosity. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Fantz, L. (1958). Schematic vision in young children. Psychological Record, 8, 43-47. Maisel, E., & Karmel, B. (1978). Contour density and pattern configuration in visual preferences in infants. Child Behavior and Development, 1, 127-140. Ratliff, F. (1965). Mach bands: Quantitative studies of neural networks in the retina. San Francisco, CA: Holden-Day. Thomas, H. (1971). Discrepancy hypothesis: methodological and theoretical considerations. Psychological review, 78, 249-259.