Age-related face processing bias in infancy: Evidence of perceptual narrowing for adult faces

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-248

  Macchi Cassia, Viola ^a   Bulf, Hermann ^a   Quadrelli, Ermanno ^a   Proietti, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult faces; Age bias; Face discrimination; Infancy; Perceptual narrowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT FACES; AGE; AGE BIAS; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FACE DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTUAL NARROWING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT FACES; AGE BIAS; FACE DISCRIMINATION; INFANCY; PERCEPTUAL NARROWING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84893835641     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21191     Document Type: Article

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