Innate Intersubjectivity: Newborns' Sensitivity to Communication Disturbance

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1779-1784

  Nagy, Emese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

interaction; intersubjectivity; neonate; still face

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 56349092252     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012665     Document Type: Article

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