Distractibility during infants' examining and repetitive rhythmic activity

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-283

  Doolittle, Emily J ^a   Ruff, Holly A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Distractibility; Exploration; Human infant; Organization of behavior; Rhythmicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; PLAY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031657829     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199805)32:4<275::AID-DEV2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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