Developmental changes in natural viewing behavior: Bottomup and top-down differences between children, young adults and older adults

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2010, Pages

  Açik, Alper ^a   Sarwary, Adjmal ^a   Schultze Kraft, Rafael ^a   Onat, Selim ^a   König, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age differences; Development; Eye movements; Natural scenes; Overt attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858800420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00207     Document Type: Article

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