Spilling thoughts: Configuring attentional resources in infants' goal-directed actions

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 543-566

  Boudreau, J Paul ^a   Bushnell, Emily W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Motor development; Perception action coupling; Prehension; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003171465     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(01)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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