Lateralised behaviour in first trimester human foetuses

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 531-534

  Hepper, Peter G ^a   McCartney, Glenda R ^a   Shannon, E Alyson ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural development; Brain asymmetry; Foetal movement; Foetus; Handedness

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; EMBRYO; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONTOGENY;

ARM; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032103550     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00156-5     Document Type: Article

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