Do temperamentally shy children process emotion differently than nonshy children? Behavioral, psychophysiological, and gender differences in reticent preschoolers

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-196

  Theall Honey, Laura A ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Emotion; Frontal EEG asymmetry; Heart rate; Shyness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SHYNESS; TEMPERAMENT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645988544     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20133     Document Type: Article

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