Testosterone measured in infancy predicts subsequent sex-typed behavior in boys and in girls

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 611-616

  Lamminmäki, Annamarja ^a,b   Hines, Melissa ^c   Kuiri Hänninen, Tanja ^a   Kilpeläinen, Leena ^a   Dunkel, Leo ^a,d   Sankilampi, Ulla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Infancy; Play; Testosterone; Toy; Transient postnatal gonadal activation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; URINALYSIS;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84859102303     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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