Attentional focus moderates habituation-language relationships: Slow habituation may be a good thing

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-108

  Dixon Jr , Wallace E ^a   Smith, P Hull ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Habituation; Language; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249130597     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.490     Document Type: Article

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