Sex hormones in early infancy seem to predict aspects of later language development

Brain and Language

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-76

  Schaadt, Gesa ^a,b   Hesse, Volker ^c,d   Friederici, Angela D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c German Center for Growth Development and Health Encouragement during Childhood and Youth   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Estradiol; Language development; Sex hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY INFANCY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FREE ANDROGEN INDEX; FREE ESTRADIOL INDEX; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MEMORY SPAN FOR WORD ORDER; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MORPHOLOGICAL RULE CONSTITUTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONEME; PHONEMIC DISCRIMINATION; PHONOLOGICAL WORKING MEMORY FOR NON WORD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENTENCE COMPREHENSION; SENTENCE MEMORY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84919797525     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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