Suppression of the optokinetic reflex in human infants: Implications for stable fixation and shifts of attention

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Aslin, Richard N ^b   Johnson, Scott P ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Nasal temporal asymmetry; Optokinetic reflex; Visual attention; Visual fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030117706     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90022-3     Document Type: Article

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