Early Postnatal Testosterone Predicts Sex-Related Differences in Early Expressive Vocabulary

Early Postnatal Testosterone Predicts Sex-Related Differences in Early Expressive Vocabulary

Highlights • There was a sex difference in salivary testosterone in infants aged 1 to 3 months. • Testosterone in infancy predicted vocabulary in boys and in girls in toddlerhood. • The gender difference in vocabulary was mediated by testosterone in infancy. • Testosterone in infancy may contribute...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016-06, Vol.68, p.111-116
Hauptverfasser: Kung, Karson T.F, Browne, Wendy V, Constantinescu, Mihaela, Noorderhaven, Rebecca M, Hines, Melissa
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Androgens - metabolism
Child, Preschool
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Female
Gender
Humans
Infant
Language development
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Postnatal development
Psychiatry
Saliva - metabolism
Sex
Sex Factors
Testosterone
Testosterone - metabolism
Verbal Behavior - physiology
Vocabulary
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • There was a sex difference in salivary testosterone in infants aged 1 to 3 months. • Testosterone in infancy predicted vocabulary in boys and in girls in toddlerhood. • The gender difference in vocabulary was mediated by testosterone in infancy. • Testosterone in infancy may contribute to early language development.
ISSN:0306-4530
1873-3360
DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.03.001