The development of the uncanny valley in infants

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-132

  Lewkowicz, David J ^a   Ghazanfar, Asif A ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatar; Early experience; Face processing; Perceptual narrowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 84855563726     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20583     Document Type: Article

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