Recognition of novel faces after single exposure is enhanced during pregnancy

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-60

  Anderson, Marla V ^a   Rutherford, M D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Face recognition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551619786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491100900107     Document Type: Article

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