Shy children are less sensitive to some cues to facial recognition

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-46

  Brunet, Paul M ^a   Mondloch, Catherine J ^b   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Face recognition; Faces; Shyness; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SHYNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 75549090832     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-009-0150-0     Document Type: Article

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