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

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1365-1369

  Streri, Arlette ^a   Gentaz, Edouard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cross modal transfer; Empiricism; Nativism; Perception; Tactual; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EYE; FEMALE; HAND; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; TOUCH; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION;

EID: 2942544452     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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