Temperament, Tympanum, and Temperature: Four Provisional Studies of the Biobehavioral Correlates of Tympanic Membrane Temperature Asymmetries.

Boyce, W. Thomas; Essex, Marilyn J.; Alkon, Abbey; Smider, Nancy A.; Pickrell, Tyler; Kagan, Jerome

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ERIC Number: EJ661594

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Publication Date: 2002

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Temperament, Tympanum, and Temperature: Four Provisional Studies of the Biobehavioral Correlates of Tympanic Membrane Temperature Asymmetries.

Boyce, W. Thomas; Essex, Marilyn J.; Alkon, Abbey; Smider, Nancy A.; Pickrell, Tyler; Kagan, Jerome

Child Development, v73 n3 p718-33 May-Jun 2002

Examined associations between tympanic membrane (TM) temperature asymmetries and biobehavioral attributes of 4- to 8- year-old children. Found shared patterns of associations that linked TM temperature lateralities to individual differences in behavior and socioaffective difficulties. Found that warmer left TMs were associated with affectively positive behaviors while warmer right TMs were related to problematic, affectively negative behaviors. (JPB)

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children, Ears, Temperature

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Language: English

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