Visual search and attention to faces during early infancy

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-26

  Frank, Michael C ^a   Amso, Dima ^b   Johnson, Scott P ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Face perception; Infancy; Social attention; Visual attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FACE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ATTENTION; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL SEARCH;

EYE TRACKING; FACE PERCEPTION; INFANCY; SOCIAL ATTENTION; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL SEARCH;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84887331133     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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