The Multiple Subfunctions of Attention: Differential Developmental Gateways to Literacy and Numeracy

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2028-2041

  Steele, Ann ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^b   Cornish, Kim ^c   Scerif, Gaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; WRITING;

APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 84867649529     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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