Activation of the right fronto-temporal cortex during maternal facial recognition in young infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1221-1225

  Carlsson, Jakob ^a   Lagercrantz, Hugo ^a   Olson, Linus ^a   Printz, Gordana ^a   Bartocci, Marco ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral haemodynamic changes; Infant; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prosopagnosia; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY;

FACE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 49349096195     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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