Focused visual attention and distractibility in 10-month-old infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-293

  Ruff, Holly A ^a   Capozzoli, Mary ^b   Saltarelli, Lisa M ^b  

^a Kennedy Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attention; Distractibility; Distractor condition; Exploration state of engagement; No distractor condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000466804     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90029-6     Document Type: Article

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