Sensory modality, temperament, and the development of sustained attention: A vigilance study in children and adults.

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-589

  Curtindale, Lori ^a,b   Laurie Rose, Cynthia ^a   Bennett Murphy, Laura ^a   Hull, Sarah ^a  

^a OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Development; Sensory modality; Sustained attention; Temperament; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIZE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34248358666     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.3.576     Document Type: Article

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