Mother and infant coordinate heart rhythms through episodes of interaction synchrony

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-577

  Feldman, Ruth ^a   Magori Cohen, Romi ^a   Galili, Giora ^a   Singer, Magi ^a   Louzoun, Yoram ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological synchrony; Evolutionary models; Heart rhythm; Interaction synchrony; Mammalian parenting; Mother infant interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052573475     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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