Preferential orienting to faces in 4-month-olds: Analysis of temporal-nasal visual field differences

Developmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Johnson, Mark H ^a   Farroni, Teresa ^b   Brockbank, Margaret ^a   Simion, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0034147669     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00097     Document Type: Article

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