When the television is on: The impact of infant-directed video on 6- and 18-month-olds' attention during toy play and on parent-infant interaction

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-188

  Courage, Mary L ^a   Murphy, Ashley N ^a   Goulding, Stephanie ^a   Setliff, Alissa E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Infant directed video; Infants; Parent infant interaction; Play; Television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELEVISION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77949914326     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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