Perceptual specialization and configural face processing in infancy

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-639

  Zieber, Nicole ^a,c   Kangas, Ashley ^a,d   Hock, Alyson ^a   Hayden, Angela ^a   Collins, Rebecca ^a   Bada, Henrietta ^a   Joseph, Jane E ^b   Bhatt, Ramesh S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Face perception; Face specialization; Infancy; Perceptual narrowing; Second order spatial relations

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFIGURAL PROCESSING; FACE; FACE PERCEPTION; FACE SPECIALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTUAL NARROWING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIMATE; SECOND-ORDER SPATIAL RELATIONS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CONFIGURAL PROCESSING; FACE PERCEPTION; FACE SPECIALIZATION; INFANCY; PERCEPTUAL NARROWING; SECOND-ORDER SPATIAL RELATIONS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRIMATES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84883382937     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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