Hormone-behavior associations in early infancy

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 498-502

  Alexander, Gerianne M ^a   Wilcox, Teresa ^a   Farmer, Mary Elizabeth ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Eye Movements; Human infants

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTRADIOL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70449521473     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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