Can knowledge of developmental processes illuminate the evolution of parental care?

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-44

  Michel, George F ^a   Tyler, Amber N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Infant; Mother infant relations; Multisensory; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HORMONE;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD REARING; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846571370     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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