The development of expert face processing: Are infants sensitive to normal differences in second-order relational information?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-98

  Hayden, Angela ^a   Bhatt, Ramesh S ^a   Reed, Andrea ^a   Corbly, Christine R ^a   Joseph, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Face processing; Infant perception; Second order facial relations; Social perception

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247591313     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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