Holistic Face Processing in Newborns, 3-Month-Old Infants, and Adults: Evidence From the Composite Face Effect

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1894-1905

  Turati, Chiara ^a   Di Giorgio, Elisa ^b   Bardi, Lara ^b   Simion, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGING; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78449313383     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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