Perception of Mooney faces by young infants: the role of local feature visibility, contrast polarity, and motion.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

• Publication date

  2012-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.10.014PMID 22014473
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