The composite face effect in six-year-old children: Evidence of adult-like holistic face processing

Visual Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-577

  Mondloch, Catherine J ^a   Pathman, Thanujeni ^b   Maurer, Daphne ^b   Le Grand, Richard ^b,c   de Schonen, Scania ^d  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 34347270104     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280600859383     Document Type: Article

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