The Development and Temporal Dynamics of Spatial Orienting in Infants.

Johnson, Mark H.; Tucker, Leslie A.

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Publication Date: 1996

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The Development and Temporal Dynamics of Spatial Orienting in Infants.

Johnson, Mark H.; Tucker, Leslie A.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v63 n1 p171-88 Oct 1996

Discusses changes occurring in two-, four-, and six-month-old infants' visual attention span, through a series of experiments examining their ability to orient to peripheral visual stimuli. The results obtained were consistent with the hypothesis that infants get faster with age in shifting attention to a spatial location. (AA)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Attention Span, Child Development, Cues, Infants, Learning, Memory, Perception, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development, Reaction Time, Sensory Experience, Spatial Ability, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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