Biological motion preference in humans at birth: Role of dynamic and configural properties

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-359

  Bardi, Lara ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^a   Simion, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79953889706     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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