A critical review of the development of face recognition: Experience is less important than previously believed

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2012

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McKone, Elinor
Crookes, Kate
Jeffery, Linda
Dilks, Daniel D

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Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis

Abstract

Historically, it has been argued that face individuation develops very slowly, not reaching adult levels until adolescence, with experience being the driving force behind this protracted improvement. Here, we challenge this view based on extensive review

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Keywords: animal; child development; face; Haplorhini; human; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; pattern recognition; physiology; preschool child; recognition; review; Animals; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Face; Haplorhini; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imagi Age of maturity; Behaviour; Development; Event-related potential; Face recognition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging

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Cognitive Neuropsychology

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Journal article

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2037-12-31