Chimpanzee faces are 'special' to humans

Perception

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-356

  Taubert, Jessica ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 70350279103     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6254     Document Type: Article

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