Intention or expression? Four-month-olds' reactions to a sudden still-face

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-307

  Cleveland, Allison ^a,b   Kobiella, Andrea ^a,b   Striano, Tricia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Contingency; Development; Emotion; Intention; Still face

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744551176     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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