The cost of selective attention in category learning: Developmental differences between adults and infants

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-119

  Best, Catherine A ^a   Yim, Hyungwook ^b   Sloutsky, Vladimir M ^b  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Cognitive development; Eye tracking; Infancy; Learning; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; YOUNG ADULT;

CATEGORIZATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EYE TRACKING; INFANCY; LEARNING; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879146776     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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