Infant physiological response to the still-face paradigm: Contributions of maternal sensitivity and infants' early regulatory behavior

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-265

  Conradt, Elisabeth ^a   Ablow, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Infant; Maternal sensitivity; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATTENTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RESPIRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953025466     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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