Commentary: Disengaging the infant mind: Genetic dissociation of attention and cognitive skills in infants - Reflections on Leppänen et al. (2011)

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1153-1154

  Johnson, Mark H ^a   Pasco Fearon, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TPH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 80053915699     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02433.x     Document Type: Note

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