The narrow fellow in the grass: Human infants associate snakes and fear

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 201-207

  DeLoache, Judy S ^a   LoBue, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SNAKE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SNAKES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57849136914     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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