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Peer reviewedLansink, Jeffrey M.; Richards, John E. – Child Development, 1997
Examined the effect of heart rate and behavioral measures of attention on infants' distractibility. Found longer distraction latencies during attentional engagement as defined by heart rate changes or behavior than for inattentive periods. Infants had longest distraction latencies when heart rate and behavior measures both indicated engagement.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Attention Span, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedRichards, John E.; Cronise, Kim – Child Development, 2000
Examined visual fixation in infants 6 months to 2 years old for fit with theory of attentional inertia. Found that fixations had lognormal distribution, heart rate decreased during a look, and heart rate returned to prestimulus levels immediately before look offset. Older children showed different looking patterns to two types of stimuli; younger…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Attention Control, Attention Span
