The ontogeny of face identity: I. Eight- to 21-week-old infants use internal and external face features in identity

Cognition

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-327

  Blass, Elliott M ^a   Camp, Carole Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Face identity; Infants; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 1442277671     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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