Infants' pre-empathic behaviors are associated with language skills

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-569

  Hutman, Ted ^a,b   Rozga, Agata ^c,d   DeLaurentis, Angeline ^c   Sigman, Marian ^a,b,c   Dapretto, Mirella ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Infancy; Language development; Social development; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INFANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84862339621     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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