Early postnatal testosterone predicts sex-related differences in early expressive vocabulary

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-116

  Kung, Karson T F ^a   Browne, Wendy V ^a   Constantinescu, Mihaela ^a   Noorderhaven, Rebecca M ^a   Hines, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Language development; Postnatal development; Sex; Testosterone; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARIANCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANDROGENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84960168225     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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