Face Preference at Birth

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 892-903

  Valenza, Eloisa ^a   Simion, Francesca ^a   Cassia, Viola Macchi ^a   Umiltà, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0030209630     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.22.4.892     Document Type: Article

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