The Effects of Intersensory Redundancy on Attention and Memory: Infants' Long-Term Memory for Orientation in Audiovisual Events

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 428-436

  Flom, Ross ^a   Bahrick, Lorraine E ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

infant attention; infant memory; intersensory perception; intersensory redundancy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77949453475     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018410     Document Type: Article

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