Cultural variations in attention regulation: A comparative analysis of British and Chinese-immigrant populations

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 433-458

  Vigil, Debra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention regulation; Chinese; Cultural differences; Mother infant interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHINA; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SPEECH;

EID: 0036773708     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1368282021000007749     Document Type: Article

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