Maternal singing modulates infant arousal

Psychology of Music

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-375

  Shenfield, Tali ^a   Trehub, Sandra E ^a   Nakata, Takayuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Infants; Mothers; Songs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347019088     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03057356030314002     Document Type: Article

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