Effect of partial occlusion on newborns' face preference and recognition

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-574

  Gava, Lucia ^a,c   Valenza, Eloisa ^a   Turati, Chiara ^a   Schonen, Scania De ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Dipartimento di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45349095874     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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