The effects of decision characteristics on children's selective search of predecisional information

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-281

  Davidson, Denise ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Decision making; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030210935     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(95)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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