On the incongruity between developmental plasticity and methodological rigidity

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARY 2013, 2013, Pages

  Macrì, Simone ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL PLASTICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR STRESS;

EID: 85172050211     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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