Learning innate face preferences

Neural Computation

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1525-1557

  Bednar, James A ^a   Miikkulainen, Risto ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FACE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

FACE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0038498502     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976603321891792     Document Type: Article

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