The goldilocks effect in infant auditory attention

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1795-1804

  Kidd, Celeste ^a   Piantadosi, Steven T ^a   Aslin, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890206097     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12263     Document Type: Article

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