Cross-modal recognition of shape from hand to eyes in human newborns

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-18

  Streri, Arlette ^a   Gentaz, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cross modal recognition; Newborn; Shape; Tactual; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037262901     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022031000083799     Document Type: Article

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