A comparison of rural and urban Indian children's visual detection of threatening and nonthreatening animals

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 463-475

  Penkunas, Michael J ^a   Coss, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; INDIA; LION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; RURAL POPULATION; SNAKE; URBAN POPULATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; INDIA; LIONS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RURAL POPULATION; SNAKES; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84876431329     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12043     Document Type: Article

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