Studies in fetal behavior : revisited, renewed, and reimagined

DiPietro, Janet A., (author). Costigan, Kathleen A., (author). Voegtline, Kristin M., (author). Bauer, Patricia J., (editor).

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Physical Description: print
vii, 151 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Publisher: Boston, MA : Wiley, 2015

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Fetal development research in context : seventy-five years of influence of the Fels Longitudinal Study -- Why study the fetus? -- Methods to monitor the fetus -- Description of our research program -- Fetal heart rate and variability -- Fetal motor activity -- Integration of fetal movement and fetal heart rate -- The maternal context -- Sex differences in fetal development -- Siblings -- Deviations from normal development -- General discussion -- Fetal neurobehavioral research reimagined -- Commentary: Story and history in fetal behavior / Karen Brakke -- Commentary: Mysteries of the human fetus revealed / Curt A. Sandman.