The development of the still-face effect: Mothers do matter

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-481

  Melinder, Annika ^a   Forbes, Danielle ^b   Tronick, Ed ^b,c   Fikke, Linn ^a   Gredebäck, Gustaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective regulation; Identity effect; Infant; Still face

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649825126     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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