Is the asymmetry in young infants' categorization of humans versus nonhuman animals based on head, body, or global gestalt information?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-97

  Quinn, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 2442609705     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206466     Document Type: Article

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