A behavioural and ERP investigation of 3-month-olds' face preferences

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2113-2125

  Macchi Cassia, Viola ^a   Kuefner, Dana ^a   Westerlund, Alissa ^b   Nelson, Charles A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs; Face processing; Infants; Perceptual narrowing; Visual preference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745613495     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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