Effects of early intervention and the moderating effects of brain activity on institutionalized children's social skills at age 8

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 17228-17231

  Almas, Alisa N ^a   Degnan, Kathryn A ^a   Radulescu, Anca ^b   Nelson III, Charles A ^c,d   Zeanah, Charles H ^e   Fox, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Neglect; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROMANIA; SOCIAL CHANGE;

BRAIN; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; ROMANIA; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84872228993     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121256109     Document Type: Article

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