Genetic specificity of face recognition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 12887-12892

  Shakeshaft, Nicholas G ^a   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Cognitive psychology; Face perception; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84944111948     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421881112     Document Type: Article

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