Encoding strategies in primary school children: Insights from an eye-tracking approach and the role of individual differences in attentional control

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Roebers, Claudia M ^a   Schmid, Corinne ^a   Roderer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional control; Development; Encoding strategy; Eye movements; Eye tracking

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77149178698     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320903300361     Document Type: Article

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