Is the face-perception system human-specific at birth?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1083-1090

  Di Giorgio, E ^a   Leo, Irene ^a   Pascalis, Olivier ^b   Simion, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Face detection; Face perception system; Human face; Monkey face; Newborns

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRIMATES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84871909734     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026521     Document Type: Article

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