The still face: A history of a shared experimental paradigm

Infancy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 451-473

  Adamson, Lauren B ^a   Frick, Janet E ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAZE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN RELATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 8644267349     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327078IN0404_01     Document Type: Review

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