The attentional 'zoom-lens' in 8-month-old infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 145-154

  Ronconi, Luca ^a,b   Franchin, Laura ^a   Valenza, Eloisa ^a   Gori, Simone ^a,b   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84955417228     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12288     Document Type: Article

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