Cortisol reactivity, maternal sensitivity, and learning in 3-month-old infants

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-106

  Thompson, Laura A ^a   Trevathan, Wenda R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral synchrony; Cortisol; Cortisol reactivity; Infant learning

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SALIVA;

EID: 37449027726     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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