Learning to look: Probabilistic variation and noise guide infants' eye movements

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 760-771

  Tummeltshammer, Kristen Swan ^a   Kirkham, Natasha Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883203521     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12064     Document Type: Article

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