Comparison of demands of sustained attentional events between public and private children's television programs

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-434

  Hooper, Mary Louise ^a   Chang, Pengkwei ^b  

^a York College of PA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; TELEVISION; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032038369     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.2.431     Document Type: Article

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