Attention skills and looking to television in children from low income families

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-338

  Brown, Danielle D ^a   Weatherholt, Tara N ^a   Burns, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention networks; Attentional inertia; Children; Home environment; Low income; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954541902     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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