Background television and infants' allocation of their attention during toy play

Infancy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 611-639

  Setliff, Alissa E ^a   Courage, Mary L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAMERA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; RECREATION; TELEVISION; TOY PLAY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 80053565166     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2011.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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