Congruency as a nonspecific perceptual property contributing to newborns' face preference

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-820

  Macchi Cassia, Viola ^a   Valenza, Eloisa ^b   Simion, Francesca ^b   Leo, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47249138243     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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