The present chapter deals with the topic of the ontogeny and development of face processing
in the first months of life and is organized into two sections concerning face detection and …

The goal of the study was to provide a direct comparison of newborns' ability to process and
store, over a 2min delay, the shape of the internal local elements of schematic facelike and …

It has been proposed that newborns' preferential orienting to faces is primarily controlled by
a subcortical mechanism. As an index of subcortical, extrageniculate mediation, the …

Humans represent numbers on a mental number line with smaller numbers on the left and
larger numbers on the right side. A left‐to‐right oriented spatial–numerical association, ( SNA )…

Inhibition of return (IOR) is a reduced tendency to orient toward a previously attended spatial
location. Inhibition of return is caused by suddenly introduced visual cues and reflects an …

To better understand the form and recognizability of neonatal smiling, 32 newborns (14 girls;
M = 25.6 hr) were videorecorded in the behavioral states of alertness, drowsiness, active …

In four experiments we investigated the gap effect in infants within the first 3 days of life.
Reaction times (RTs) to make a saccade to a peripheral target were measured on gap trials, in …

Locomotor strategies used before the acquisition of independent walking were studied in
424 infants. 270 were survivors of neonatal intensive care (the index group); the other 154 (…

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic multisystem disorder requiring comprehensive
care that includes newborn screening (NBS) as the first step of care. Italy still lacks a …

L’obiettivo della presente ricerca, è stato verificare se nel neonato a termine fosse già
osservabile una maggiore contrazione dei muscoli facciali sul lato destro del volto durante l’…