A longitudinal investigation of the development of attention and distractibility

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-409

  Kannass, Kathleen N ^a   Oakes, Lisa M ^b   Shaddy, D Jill ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33748512618     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0703_8     Document Type: Article

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