Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Babies Learn to Anticipate Touch in the Womb

Oct. 8, 2013 — Babies learn how to anticipate touch while in the womb, according to new research by Durham and Lancaster universities.
Using 4-D scans psychologists found, for the first time, that fetuses were able to predict, rather than react to, their own hand movements towards their mouths as they entered the later stages of gestation compared to earlier in a pregnancy.
The Durham-led team of researchers said that the latest findings could improve understanding about babies, especially those born prematurely, their readiness to interact socially and their ability to calm themselves by sucking on their thumb or fingers.READ MORE

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