Selective memories: Infants' encoding is enhanced in selection via suppression

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 926-940

  Markant, Julie ^a   Amso, Dima ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885484881     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12084     Document Type: Article

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