A developmental study of the own-age face recognition bias in children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-508

  Hills, Peter J ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experience; Face recognition; Face inversion effect; Own age bias; Own group recognition bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863004693     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026524     Document Type: Article

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