Long-term retention in 3.5-month-olds: Familiarization time and individual differences in attentional style

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-293

  Courage, Mary L ^a   Howe, Mark L ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Individual differences; Infant; Long term retention; Paired comparisons; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035406631     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2606     Document Type: Article

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