Nature and Nurture in Early Childhood

Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-21

  Deater Deckard, Kirby ^a   Cahill, Katherine ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Early childhood; Genetic factors; Molecular genetic; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889341151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757703.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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