Gaze Following Is Accelerated in Healthy Preterm Infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1884-1892

  Peña, Marcela ^a   Arias, Diana ^a   Dehaene Lambertz, Ghislaine ^b,c,d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSERM U992 ^*  (France)

^c NeuroSpin   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

emotion; experience; facial expression; gaze following; premature; social ability

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREMATURITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SKILLS;

EID: 84910092045     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614544307     Document Type: Article

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