Cortical networks for face perception in two-month-old infants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1793, 2014, Pages

  Nakano, Tamami ^a   Nakatani, Kazuko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Face perception; S cone; Subcortical network

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHILD; PERCEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH WORK;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84936819003     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1468     Document Type: Article

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