Visual motherese? Signal-to-noise ratios in toddler-directed television

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-37

  Wass, Sam V ^a   Smith, Tim J ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TELEVISION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROC CURVE; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TELEVISION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84919954229     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12156     Document Type: Article

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