Early Human Development
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 381-388 , June 2008

Preterm infants' timing strategies to optical collisions

  • Nanna S. Kayed

      Affiliations

    • Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway. Tel.: +47 73 55 07 38; fax: +47 73 59 19 20.
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  • Hanne Farstad

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, St Olav's University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Audrey L.H. van der Meer

      Affiliations

    • Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway

Received 16 May 2007 ,Revised 28 August 2007 ,Accepted 7 October 2007.

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PII: S0378-3782(07)00200-9

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.10.006

Early Human Development
Volume 84, Issue 6 , Pages 381-388 , June 2008

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