Temperament

Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 126-146

  Martin, Jennifer N ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition; Cognitive development; Homeostasis; Neural substrates; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049093029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757703.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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