Neural Correlates of Infants' Visual Responsiveness to Facial Expressions of Emotion

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 577-595

  Nelson, Charles A ^a   De Haan, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Electrophysiological; Emotion; Facial expression; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030281496     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199611)29:7<577::AID-DEV3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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