Inter-manual transfer of object texture and shape in human neonates

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 698-703

  Sann, Coralie ^a   Streri, Arlette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Haptic perception; Inter manual transfer; Newborns; Shape; Texture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH;

EID: 38749154258     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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