Attention in early development : themes and variations /

Taking a functional approach to attention, the authors discuss the development of the selective and state-related aspects of attention and the emergence of higher level controls on attention.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ruff, Holly Alliger
Other Authors:	Rothbart, Mary Klevjord
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©1996.
Subjects:	Attention in children. Child development. Attention. Children. Infants. Attention Child Child Development Infant Attention chez l'enfant. Enfants > Développement. Enfants. Nourrissons. children (people by age group) infants. 77.37 attention, concentration. Infants Children Attention in children Child development Entwicklung Kind Visuelle Aufmerksamkeit Aandacht. Zuigelingen. Ontwikkelingspsychologie. Kinderen. Perception visuelle chez le nourrisson. Nourrissons > Psychologie. Perception. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Constructs and Measures
3. Looking and Visual Attention: Overview and Developmental Framework
4. Scanning, Searching, and Shifting Attention
5. Development of Selectivity
6. Development of Attention as a State
7. Focused Visual Attention and Resistance to Distraction
8. Increasing Independence in the Control of Attention
9. Attention in Learning and Performance
10. Individual Differences in Attention
11. Early Manifestations of Attention Deficits
12. Individuality and Development
13. Recapitulation.