Sensitive periods in human social development: New insights from research on oxytocin, synchrony, and high-risk parenting

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 369-395

  Feldman, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYTOCIN; PARENTING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84928946121     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579415000048     Document Type: Article

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