Eye contrast polarity is critical for face recognition by infants

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 598-606

  Otsuka, Yumiko ^a,b   Motoyoshi, Isamu ^c   Hill, Harold C ^d   Kobayashi, Megumi ^e,f   Kanazawa, So ^b   Yamaguchi, Masami K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast negative; Contrast polarity; Eyes; Face recognition; Infants; Perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84877927066     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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