7-11-Year-old children show an advantage for matching and recognizing the internal features of familiar faces: Evidence against a developmental shift

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1019-1029

  Bonner, Lesley ^a   Burton, A Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4344580607     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980343000657     Document Type: Article

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