Early experience predicts later plasticity for face processing: Evidence for the reactivation of dormant effects

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 853-859

  Cassia, Viola MacChi ^a   Kuefner, Dana ^b   Picozzi, Marta ^a   Vescovo, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67650463052     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02376.x     Document Type: Article

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