Sex categorization among preschool children: Increasing utilization of sexually dimorphic cues

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1346-1355

  Johnson, Kerri L ^a   Lurye, Leah E ^b   Tassinary, Louis G ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956582801     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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