The development of specialized processing of own-race faces in infancy

Infancy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-284

  Ferguson, Kim T ^a   Kulkofsky, Sarah ^b   Cashon, Cara H ^c   Casasola, Marianella ^d  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ETHNICITY; FACE PROFILE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MENTAL FUNCTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECOGNITION;

EID: 67651061563     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15250000902839369     Document Type: Article

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