Fitting the child's mind to the world: Adaptive norm-based coding of facial identity in 8-year-olds

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-627

  Nishimura, Mayu ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a   Jeffery, Linda ^b   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^c   Rhodes, Gillian ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; FIGURAL AFTEREFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 45349097696     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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