Visual attention and temperament: Developmental data from the first 6 months of life

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 537-544

  McConnell, Beth A ^a,c   Bryson, Susan E ^b,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disengagement; Infants; Temperament; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TEMPERAMENT; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 27944438112     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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