Infant responses to direction of parental gaze: A comparison of two still-face conditions

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-318

  Delgado, Christine E F ^a   Messinger, Daniel S ^a   Yale, Marygrace E ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Contigency; Eye orientation; Infant social development; Still face

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EXPOSURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036431822     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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