The still-face effect: Methodological issues and new applications

Infancy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-491

  Muir, Darwin ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOUCH; VISION;

EID: 17444387937     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0404_03     Document Type: Review

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