Fetal Development - A Psychobiological Perspective (Hardcover, Revised)

Based on the presentations given by well-known specialists at a recent multidisciplinary conference of developmental psychobiologists, obstetricians, and physiologists, this book is the first exhaustive attempt to synthesize the present scientific knowledge on fetal behavior. Utilizing a psychobiological analytic approach, it provides the reader with an overview of the perspectives, hypotheses, and experimental results from a group of basic scientists and clinicians who conduct research to elucidate the role of fetal behavior in development. Experimental and clinical as well as human and animal data are explored via comparative developmental analysis. The ontogeny of fetal spontaneous activity -- via the maturation of "behavioral states" -- and of fetal responsiveness to sensory stimulation is studied in detail. Results are provided from studies of embryonic/fetal and newborn behavior in chicks, rats, sheep, primates, and humans. Knowledge of fetal behavior is crucial to the obstetrician, neonatologist, developmental psychologist, and even the future parents, in order to follow and assess the gradual development of spontaneous responsive movements of the fetus. While assessing this important information, this text also examines the neuro-behavioral events taking place during the fetal period as an aid to understanding normal and pathological life span development.

General

Imprint:	Psychology Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1995
First published:	1995
Editors:	Jean-Pierre Lecanuet • William P. Fifer • Norman A. Krasnegor • William P. Smotherman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	524
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-8058-1485-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Gynaecology & obstetrics > Materno-fetal medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal reproduction Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development > Human growth & development > General
LSN:	0-8058-1485-X
Barcode:	9780805814859

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