Categorical representation of facial expressions in the infant brain

Infancy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-362

  Leppänen, Jukka M ^a   Richmond, Jenny ^b   Vogel Farley, Vanessa K ^c   Moulson, Margaret C ^d   Nelson, Charles A ^c,e  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 67651052234     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000902839393     Document Type: Article

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