Evolutionary perspectives on mother-infant sleep proximity and breastfeeding in a laboratory setting

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 454-462

  Gettler, Lee T ^a,b   McKenna, James J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

bedsharing; breastfeeding; cosleeping; human evolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LABORATORY; LACTATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BEDS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

EID: 79951477353     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21426     Document Type: Article

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