The early development of face processing – What makes faces special?

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 765-788

  Hoehl, Stefanie ^a   Peykarjou, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Event related potential; Face processing; Holistic processing; Infants; Visual expertise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INFANCY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RACE; SPECIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; INFANT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; VISION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868245951     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-012-1280-0     Document Type: Review

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