No own-age bias in 3-year-old children: More evidence for the role of early experience in building face-processing biases

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-382

  Macchi Cassia, Viola ^a   Pisacane, Antonella ^a   Gava, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Early experience; Face age; Face biases; Face discrimination; Inversion effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIBLINGS;

EID: 84866178189     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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