The organization of attention in typical development: A new preschool attention test battery

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-288

  Breckenridge, Kate ^a   Braddick, Oliver ^b   Atkinson, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877685573     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: 2044835X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12004     Document Type: Article

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