Intentions make a difference: Infant responses to still-face and modified still-face conditions

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-250

  Legerstee, Maria ^a   Markova, Gabriela ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Intentions; Modified Still face

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATURATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947589462     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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