Seeing the face through the eyes: a developmental perspective on face expertise

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 164, Issue , 2007, Pages 323-339

  Gliga, Teodora ^a   Csibra, Gergely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amygdala; development; expertise; face recognition; gaze perception; infancy

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; EYE; FACE; GAZE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 34848844891     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)64018-7     Document Type: Review

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