Enhanced cardiac and attentional responding to fearful faces in 7-month-old infants

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1291-1298

  Peltola, Mikko J ^a   Leppänen, Jukka M ^a   Hietanen, Jari K ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children infants; Emotion; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 79960833677     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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