Children's attentional skills and road behavior

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-234

  Dunbar, George ^a   Hill, Ros ^b   Lewis, Vicky ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RECREATION; SAFETY;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; REACTION TIME; SAFETY; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85047681119     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.7.3.227     Document Type: Article

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