A developmental study of visual attention: Issues of filtering efficiency and focus

Cognitive Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-535

  Pastò, Luigi ^a   Burack, Jacob A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0037926152     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(97)90021-6     Document Type: Article

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