Individual differences in infant information processing: The role of temperamental and maternal factors

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-136

  Miceli, Penny J ^a   Whitman, Thomas L ^a   Borkowski, John G ^a   Braungart Rieker, Julia ^a   Mitchell, D Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Fixation duration; Information processing; Novelty preference; Parent infant interacation; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002263178     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(98)90058-3     Document Type: Article

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