Six-month-old infants match other-race faces with a non-native language

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-89

  Uttley, Lesley ^a   De Boisferon, Anne Hillairet ^b   Dupierrix, Eve ^b   Lee, Kang ^c   Quinn, Paul C ^d   Slater, Alan M ^e   Pascalis, Olivier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE MENDÈS FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

face; infant cognition; perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COGNITION; FACE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84876047886     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025412467583     Document Type: Article

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