Developmental Changes in Children's Abilities to Share and Allocate Attention in a Dual Task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-85

  Irwin Chase, Holly ^b   Burns, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attention allocation; Development of attention; Dual task paradigm; POC analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034268030     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2557     Document Type: Article

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