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SUBMITTER: Fausto-Sterling A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4580286 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fausto-Sterling Anne A Crews David D Sung Jihyun J García-Coll Cynthia C Seifer Ronald R
Developmental psychology 20150810 10
Using the concepts of sensory and affective experience, this work relates the concepts of socialization and cognitive development to the embodiment of gender in the human infant. Evidence obtained from biweekly observations from 30 children and their mothers observed from age 3 months to age 12 months revealed measurable sex-related differences in how mothers handle and touch their infants. This work offers novel approaches to visualizing combinations of behaviors with the aim of encouraging res ...[more]