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Peer reviewedHallahan, Daniel P.; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
This study was designed to determine if: a) attentuation of irrelevant information on a selective attention task would result in increased selective attention, and b) a developmental increase in selective attention would be replicated with the use of a different procedure of data analysis than has been used previously. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Attention Span, Developmental Tasks
Direct linkGaultney, Jane F.; Gingras, Jeannine L.; Martin, Mindy; DeBrule, Daniel – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The authors used the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence (J. F. Fagan, L. T. Singer, J. E. Montie, & P. A. Shepherd, 1986) to examine preferences for novelty and to evaluate several indicators of attention (off- and on-task indexes and durations) in 6- and 9-month-old infants who had been prenatally exposed to cigarette smoke only or to cocaine plus…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Cocaine, Infants, Age Differences
