Do human fetuses anticipate self-oriented actions? A study by four-dimensional (4D) ultrasonography

Infancy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-301

  Myowa Yamakoshi, Masako ^a   Takeshita, Hideko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MOTOR COORDINATION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 33846096388     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in1003_5     Document Type: Article

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