Processi cognitivi presenti alla nascita: attenzione, memoria, percezione.

This review analyses the most representative research contribution on the study of cognitive processes at birth. The examined works investigated: 1) which information newborn infant's eye can detect and how this information is sent to visual cortex (pattern detection); 2) which stimulus features newborn infant can discriminate and which she/he prefers; 3) if newborn infant can memorize the information that she/he detected; 4) which perceptual capabilities there are at birth. It is suggested to explain the results of the researches examined within the theoretical model suggested by Leslie Cohen (1988)