Four year-olds use norm-based coding for face identity

Cognition

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-263

  Jeffery, Linda ^a   Read, Ainsley ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aftereffects; Development; Face perception; Face space; Norm based coding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CODING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874707515     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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