Influence of a central stimulus on infants' visual fields

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-370

  Goldberg, Melissa C ^b   Maurer, Daphne ^a   Lewis, Terri L ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Competitive stimulus; Infants; Peripheral vision; Static perimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031187997     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90007-2     Document Type: Article

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