Differential Effects of Happy, Neutral, and Sad Still-Faces on 2-, 4- and 6-Month-Old Infants

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-303

  Rochat, Philippe ^a   Striano, Tricia ^a   Blatt, Lauren ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expression; Gazing; Smiling; Social interaction; Still face

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036443376     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.259     Document Type: Article

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