Deficits in sensitivity to spacing after early visual deprivation in humans: A comparison of human faces, monkey faces, and houses

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 775-781

  Robbins, Rachel A ^a   Nishimura, Mayu ^b   Mondloch, Catherine J ^c   Lewis, Terri L ^d   Maurer, Daphne ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Object recognition; Sensitive periods; Spacing discrimination; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATARACT; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649687573     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20473     Document Type: Article

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