Neural correlates of visual recognition in 3-month-old infants: The role of experience

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-424

  Moulson, Margaret C ^a   Shannon, Robert W ^b   Nelson, Charles A ^c,d  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Early experiences; Event related potentials; Face recognition; Infancy; Visual recognition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79953845481     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20532     Document Type: Article

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