Oxytocin decreases handgrip force in reaction to infant crying in females without harsh parenting experiences

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 951-957

  Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^a   van IJzendoorn, Marinus H ^a   Riem, Madelon M E ^a   Tops, Mattie ^a   Alink, Lenneke R A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Handgrip force; Harsh discipline; Infant crying; Oxytocin; Parenting

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRYING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; CRYING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PARENTS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870197896     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr067     Document Type: Article

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