Mothers' and fathers' lateral biases for holding their newborn infants: A study of images from the World Wide Web

Laterality

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-86

  Harris, Lauren Julius ^a   Spradlin Jr , Michael P ^a   Almerigi, Jason B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; POSTURE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750833508     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500600948323     Document Type: Article

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