Infant Discrimination of Faces in Naturalistic Events: Actions Are More Salient Than Faces

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 983-996

  Bahrick, Lorraine E ^a   Newell, Lisa C ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

action perception; face perception; infant perception; selective attention

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 47249147230     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.983     Document Type: Article

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