Attention and Learning from Media during Infancy and Early Childhood

The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 141-165

  Barr, Rachel ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal features; Media exposure; Reducing memory demands; Social contingency; Sustained attention; Sustained attention age related changes; Video deficit effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889388029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302752.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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