Attention during looking and reaching as assessed by heart rate in 71/2-month-old infants

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 292-300

  O'Sullivan, Laura P ^a   Berthier, Neil E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Heart rate; Infant; Looking; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFORMATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; VISION; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIXATION, OCULAR; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037230869     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10102     Document Type: Article

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