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Landry, Susan H.; Chapieski, M. Lynn – Child Development, 1989
Studies the ability of 14 Down's Syndrome infants and 14 preterm infants aged 12 months to attend to and explore their environment in interactions with their mothers. Results indicate that mothers used different attention-directing strategies and that strategies used were differentially related to the child's attentional capacity. (RJC)
Descriptors: Attention, Downs Syndrome, High Risk Persons, Infants