The influence of bilingualism on the preference for the mouth region of dynamic faces

Developmental Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ayneto, Alba ^a   Sebastian Galles, Nuria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MOUTH; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; CUES; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MOUTH; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 84971411306     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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