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Peer reviewedBarrera, Maria E.; Maurer, Daphne – Child Development, 1981
Uses the habituation paradigm to investigate 3-month-old infants' abilities to recognize and discriminate among the faces of strangers. Infants consistently discriminated between photographs of faces following extensive exposure to one, and recognized something about the face they saw during habituation. Results suggest that similarity influences…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedRidderinkhof, K. Richard; van der Molen, Maurits W. – Child Development, 1995
Examined age-related changes in visual selective attention--ability to resist interference--in children 5 to 12 years old and adults. The interference effect on stimulus evaluation did not discriminate between age groups; however, the interference effect on correct response activation showed a pronounced age-related reduction, suggesting a…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Attention Control
Peer reviewedMcCall, Robert B.; And Others – Child Development, 1973
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Cognitive Development, Eye Fixations
