Fetal Development: A Psychobiological Perspective

by Lecanuet; Jean-Pierre

• ISBN13: 9780805814859
• ISBN10: 080581485X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgment	p. xii
Historical Overview	p. 1
Behavioral Development of the Fetus	p. 3
References	p. 12
Introduction: Basic Concepts	p. 13
Tracing Developmental Trajectories into the Prenatal Period	p. 15
Acknowledgements	p. 29
References	p. 30
Behavioral States Of The Fetus	p. 33
Methods for Quantifying State-Specific Patterns of EEG Activity in Fetal Baboons and Immature Human Infants	p. 35
References	p. 48
Breathing and Hiccups in the Fetal Baboon	p. 51
References	p. 63
Acknowledgment	p. 63
Physiological and Clinical Consequences in Relation to the Development of Fetal Behavior and Fetal Behavioral States	p. 67
References	p. 79
Fetal Behavioral States and Behavioral Transitions in Normal and Compromised Fetuses	p. 83
Acknowledgment	p. 97
References	p. 97
Neurobehavioral Development in the Human Fetus	p. 101
References	p. 123
Developmental Aspects of Alterations in Fetal Behavioral States	p. 129
References	p. 143
Nutrition and Behavioral States in the Developing Human Infant	p. 149
Acknowledgment	p. 164
References	p. 164
Motor And Sensory Development Of The Fetus	p. 167
Oscillation and Chaos in Fetal Motor Activity	p. 169
References	p. 186
Development of Motor Behavior in Chick Embryos	p. 191
Acknowledgment	p. 202
References	p. 202
Odor Sensing in the Human Fetus: Anatomical, Functional, and Chemoecological Bases	p. 205
References	p. 228
Acknowledgements	p. 228
Human Fetal Auditory Perception	p. 239
Acknowledgment	p. 258
References	p. 258
The Influence of Stimulus and Subject Variables on Human Fetal Responses to Sound and Vibration	p. 263
Acknowledgements	p. 275
References	p. 276
Fetal Experience: Basic Studies	p. 279
Embryonic Sensory Experience and Intersensoiry Development in Precocial Birds	p. 281
References	p. 292
Acknowledgment	p. 292
Habituation and Classical Conditioning in the Rat Fetus: Opioid Involvements	p. 295
References	p. 310
Acknowledgements	p. 310
Transmission of Sound and Vibration to the Fetus	p. 315
References	p. 328
Maternal Contributions to Fetal Experience and the Transition from Prenatal to Postnatal Life	p. 331
Acknowledgment	p. 346
References	p. 347
The Effects of Fetal Experience with Sound	p. 351
Acknowledgements	p. 364
References	p. 364
Clinical Evaluation Of Perinatal Experience	p. 367
The Effects of Myometrial Activity During the Last Third of Gestation on Fetal Behavior	p. 369
References	p. 380
Acknowledgements	p. 380
The Potential Value of Habituation in the Prenate	p. 383
References	p. 401
The Behavior of the Fetus as an Indicator of Neural Functioning	p. 405
REFEFENCES	p. 415
Acknowledgements	p. 415
Fetal Alcohol Learning Resulting from Alcohol Contamination of the Prenatal Environment	p. 419
Acknowledgements	p. 434
References	p. 435
The Preterm Infant: A Model for the Study of Fetal Brain Expectation	p. 439
Acknowledgements	p. 463
References	p. 463
Author Index	p. 473
Subject Index	p. 495
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