The role of person familiarity in young infants' perception of emotional expressions

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 352-369

  Kahana Kalman, Ronit ^a   Walker Andrews, Arlene S ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION;

AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035287291     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00283     Document Type: Article

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