Genetic variation influences on the early development of reactive emotions and their regulation by attention

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 332-355

  Sheese, Brad E ^a   Voelker, Pascale ^b   Posner, Michael I ^b   Rothbart, Mary K ^b  

^a Illinois Wesleyan University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotional reactivty; Genes; Orienting; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SNAP25 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TEMPERAMENT; AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; NERVE NET; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 70349780046     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800902844064     Document Type: Article

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