The short-term and longer-term stability of non-completion in an infant habituation task

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-160

  Clare Bell, J ^a   Slater, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attrition; Habituation; Infant testing; Non completion; Non compliance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036392002     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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