Selective attention and attention switching: Towards a unified developmental approach

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 622-635

  Hanania, Rima ^a   Smith, Linda B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77955577390     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00921.x     Document Type: Review

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