The development of emotion perception in face and voice during infancy

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-236

  Grossmann, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOICE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FACE; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; READING; VOICE;

EID: 77952380136     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0499     Document Type: Review

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