Faces are special for newly hatched chicks: Evidence for inborn domain-specific mechanisms underlying spontaneous preferences for face-like stimuli

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-577

  Rosa Salva, Orsola ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICKENS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955549164     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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