Asymmetries in infants' attention to the presence or absence of features

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 420-434

  Coldren, Jeffrey T ^a   Haaf, Robert A ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Feature absent; Feature present; Novelty preference

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034547751     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320009596722     Document Type: Review

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