Newborns discriminate schematic faces from scrambled faces

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-241

  Easterbrook, Megan A ^a   Kisilevsky, B S ^a   Muir, D W ^a   Laplante, D P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033192448     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087312     Document Type: Article

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