Her Heart is in the Right Place: An Investigation of the 'Heartbeat Hypothesis' as an Explanation of the Left Side Cradling Preference in a Mother with Dextrocardia

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 229-233

  Todd, Brenda ^a   Butterworth, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dextrocardia; Lateral cradling bias; Maternal behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742561761     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0917(199812)7:4<229::aid-edp185>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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