The inversion effect in infancy: The role of internal and external features

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 470-480

  Rose, Susan A ^a   Jankowski, Jeffery J ^a   Feldman, Judith F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Infants; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47849104266     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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