Recognition of the Mother's Face by Six-Month-Old Infants: A Neurobehavioral Study

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-210

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031114869     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01935.x     Document Type: Article

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