Finding a safe place to cross the road: The effect of distractors and the role of attention in children's identification of safe and dangerous road-crossing sites

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-206

  Tabibi, Z ^a   Pfeffer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention development; Child safety; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247633985     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.509     Document Type: Article

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