Fetal reactions to recurrent maternal speech
1994; Elsevier BV; Volume: 17; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0163-6383(94)90051-5
ISSN1879-0453
AutoresAnthony J. DeCasper, Jean‐Pierre Lecanuet, Marie‐Claire Busnel, Carolyn Granier‐Deferre, Roselyne Maugeais,
Tópico(s)Child and Animal Learning Development
ResumoPregnant women recited a short child's rhyme, "the target", aloud each day between the thirty third and thirty seventh weeks of their fetuses' gestation. Then their fetuses were stimulated with tape recordings of the target and a control rhyme. The target elicited a decrease in fetal heartrate whereas the control did not. Thus, fetuses' exposure to specific speech sounds can affect their subsequent reactions to those sounds. More generally, the result suggests that third trimester fetuses become familiar with recurrent, maternal speech sounds.
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