Infants' knowledge of their own species

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1571, 2011, Pages 1753-1763

  Heron Delaney, Michelle ^a   Wirth, Sylvia ^b   Pascalis, Olivier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Face; Species

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; PRIMATE; RECOGNITION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMATE; RECOGNITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMATES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; SERPENTES;

EID: 79955756926     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0371     Document Type: Article

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