Fearful faces modulate looking duration and attention disengagement in 7-month-old infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Peltola, Mikko J ^a   Leppänen, Jukka M ^a   Palokangas, Tiina ^a   Hietanen, Jari K ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 37248999864     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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