Attention-orienting and attention-holding effects of faces on 4- to 8-month-old infants

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-147

  Denicola, Christopher A ^a   Holt, Nicholas A ^a   Lambert, Amy J ^a   Cashon, Cara H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; face preference; infant; sitting ability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION HOLDING EFFECT; ATTENTION ORIENTING EFFECT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84876054522     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025412474751     Document Type: Article

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