Best friends: Children use mutual gaze to identify friendships in others

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-425

  Nurmsoo, Erika ^a   Einav, Shiri ^b   Hood, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859697843     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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