Children's attentional processing of mother and proximity seeking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Bosmans, Guy ^a   Braet, Caroline ^b   Heylen, Joke ^a   De Raedt, Rudi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PROXIMITY SEEKING BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPORT SEEKING BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928794516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124038     Document Type: Article

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