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Postnatal experience and the detection of the effects of prenatal stress on behavior: A reply to archer and blackman
Author(s) -
Joffe J. M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420050411
Subject(s) - offspring , prenatal stress , psychology , stress (linguistics) , developmental psychology , prenatal exposure , clinical psychology , pregnancy , biology , genetics , linguistics , philosophy
Abstract In the course of a recent review of the effects of prenatal stress on offspring behavior, Archer and Blackman (1971) advanced some suggestions concerning the effects of the age of the offspring and their postnatal experience on the detection of prenatal stress effects. Specifically, they felt that studies they reviewed indicated that the behavioral effects of prenatal stress wane as offspring grow older and that “previous test experience (involving a mild or severe stress situation) causes the response to persist, enabling it to be detected in tests carried out when the animals are older”.