Reaching experience increases face preference in 3-month-old infants

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1355-1364

  Libertus, Klaus ^a,b   Needham, Amy ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FACE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054945291     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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