Sustained attention during learning activities: An observational study with pre-school children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-138

  López, Florente ^a   Menez, Marina ^a   Hernández Guzmán, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Attention; Children; Development; Observational; Social stimuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249165727     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443042000230384     Document Type: Article

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