Memory for "mean" over "nice": The influence of threat on children's face memory

Cognition

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 775-783

  Kinzler, Katherine D ^a   Shutts, Kristin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Face memory; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; THREAT;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY;

EID: 41349111445     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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