Physiological reactivity to infant crying: A behavioral genetic study

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 868-876

  Out, D ^a   Pieper, S ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, M J ^a   Van IJzendoorn, M H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Crying; Heart rate; Heritability; Infant; Parenting; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRYING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349268693     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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