Extended Visual Fixation and Distractibility in Children from Six to Twenty-Four Months of Age

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 963-972

  Richards, John E ^a   Turner, Erin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0035404274     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00328     Document Type: Article

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