From unidentified to 'misidentified' newborn: Male bias in recognition of sex

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 102-104

  Nagy, Emese ^a,b   Németh, Erzsébet ^a   Molnár, Péter ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMILING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0034136755     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.1.102     Document Type: Article

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