Infants responses to real humans and representations of humans

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-45

  Heron, Michelle ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood development; Habituation; Infant cognition

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 74049139112     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409345047     Document Type: Article

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