Developing Attention: Behavioral and Brain Mechanisms

Table 1

Correlations between temperament measures at 7 months and ANT scores at 7 years.

IBQ	ANT at age 7
	Alerting		Orienting		Conflict
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃
Perceptual sensitivity	.56*	.02	.18	.51	−.07	.79
Duration of orienting	.55*	.03	.01	.96	.03	.91
Approach	.29	.27	.76*	.001	−.28	.29
Soothability	.13	.63	.56*	.024	−.24	.37
Smiling and laughter	.17	.53	.06	.84	−.60*	.015
Vocal reactivity	.24	.37	.20	.47	−.64*	.007
Cuddliness	−.04	.88	.08	.77	−.64*	.008
Positive Affect (higher order)	.43	.10	.38	.15	−.58*	.019

∗denotes 𝑃<.05.