Patterns of brain electrical activity in infants of depressed mothers who breastfeed and bottle feed: The mediating role of infant temperament

Biological Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 103-124

  Jones, Nancy Aaron ^a   McFall, Barbara A ^a   Diego, Miguel A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Emotion; Frontal EEG asymmetry; Infancy; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 2342446605     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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