Why does infant attention predict adolescent intelligence?

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-140

  Sigman, Marian ^a   Cohen, Sarale E ^b   Beckwith, Leila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Neuropsychiatric Institute ^*

Author keywords

Infant attention; Intelligence; Maternal vocalizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031120326     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90016-3     Document Type: Article

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