Relating dopaminergic and cholinergic polymorphisms to spatial attention in infancy

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 360-369

  Markant, Julie ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^b   Hetzel, Susan ^b   Thomas, Kathleen M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention infancy; Dopamine; Genetics; Inhibition of return (IOR)

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TIME;

ATTENTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CUES; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893681339     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033172     Document Type: Article

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