Firstborns' disadvantage in kinship detection

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1746-1750

  Kaminski, Gwenaël ^a   Ravary, Fabien ^b   Graff, Christian ^a   Gentaz, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

birth order; early experience; face; inclusive fitness; maternal perinatal association

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; FACE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SIBLING RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; FACE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIBLING RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650333277     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610388045     Document Type: Article

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