Natural Experience Modulates the Processing of Older Adult Faces in Young Adults and 3-Year-Old Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Proietti, Valentina ^a   Pisacane, Antonella ^a   Macchi Cassia, Viola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EXPERIENCE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874531883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057499     Document Type: Article

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