Motivational value and salience of images of infants

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 373-381

  Charles, Nora E ^a   Alexander, Gerianne M ^b   Saenz, Janet ^b  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Infants; Motivation; Parenting; Reproductive effort; Sex differences; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883270796     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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