The Origins of Face Perception: Specific Versus Non-specific Mechanisms

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 59-65

  Simion, Francesca ^a   Cassia, Viola Macchi ^b   Turati, Chiara ^a   Valenza, Eloisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facedness; Newborn; Preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590696     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.247     Document Type: Article

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