Competition for Infants' Attention: The Interactive Influence of Attentional State and Stimulus Characteristics

Infancy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-361

  Oakes, Lisa M ^a,c   Tellinghuisen, Donald J ^b   Tjebkes, Terri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Augustana College   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 0242634148     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0103_4     Document Type: Article

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