Memory in utero?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 343-346

  Hepper, Peter G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONING; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UTERUS;

EID: 0030913228     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07442.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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