Video comprehensibility and attention in very young children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1283-1293

  Pempek, Tiffany A ^a   Kirkorian, Heather L ^a   Richards, John E ^b   Anderson, Daniel R ^a   Lund, Anne F ^a   Stevens, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Heart rate; Infant; Television; Video

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEVISION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77956733733     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020614     Document Type: Article

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