Infants' Perception of Emotion From Body Movements

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 675-684

  Zieber, Nicole ^a   Kangas, Ashley ^a   Hock, Alyson ^a   Bhatt, Ramesh S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SATISFACTION; VISION;

ANGER; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INFANT; KINESICS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84896312977     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12134     Document Type: Article

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