A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF INFANT CORTISOL RESPONSE DURING LEARNING EVENTS
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT I. vii
INTRODUCTION 1
II. GENERAL METHODOLOGY FOR ALL PHASES OF THE LONGITUDINAL STUDY 25
III. JUSTIFICATION FOR CORTISOL RESPONSE CATEGORIES IV. 40 LONGITUDINAL ANALYSES OF CORTISOL AND MATERNAL SENSITIVITY 48
V. CORTISOL RESPONSE PATTERNS AND DETECTION OF CHANGE IN AUDITORY AND VISUAL STIMULI 58
VI. MATERNAL SENSITIVITY AND DETECTION OF CHANGE IN AUDITORY AND VISUAL STIMULI 84
VII. GENERAL DISCUSSION 91 REFERENCES 106
APPENDIX 121
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 122
COMMENTARY
GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND LEARNING DURING INFANCY: A COMMENTARY
Megan R.Gunnar 123
CONTRIBUTORS 132
STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 133
SUBJECT INDEX 135
Laura A. Thompson is a Distinguished Achievement Professor of Psychology at New Mexico State University. She received her doctorate in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Gin Morgan received her doctorate in psychology from Columbia University, served as a post-doctoral fellow in psychology at New Mexico State University, and is now a Lecturer in Psychology at Indiana University Kokomo. Kellie A. Jurado received her B.S. from New Mexico State University, and is now a graduate student in Virology at Harvard University.
Megan R. Gunnar is a Regents Professor of Developmental Psychology and Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on the neuroendocrinology of stress and social buffering in human development and the impact of early adversity on neurobehavioral development. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development award from the Society for Research in Child Development, the G. Stanley Hall award from division 7 of the American Psychological Association, and the mentor award for lifetime achievement from the Association for Psychological Science.
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