What do infants see in faces? ERP evidence of different roles of eyes and mouth for face perception in 9-month-old infants

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-162

  Key, Alexandra P F ^a,b   Stone, Wendy ^a,b   Williams, Susan M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Face processing; Infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049105060     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.600     Document Type: Article

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