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Fetal learning: a critical review
Author(s) -
James David K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
infant and child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1522-7219
pISSN - 1522-7227
DOI - 10.1002/icd.653
Subject(s) - psychology , habituation , relevance (law) , developmental psychology , function (biology) , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , political science , law , biology
Learning is defined as a change in behaviour that occurs as a result of experience. It is clear that the fetus can learn by means of habituation, classical conditioning and exposure learning. These types of learning will be discussed in relation to learning in the womb and the memory of learned material after birth. Furthermore, the potential function of learning prenatally is explored in terms of its relevance for perinatal development. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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