Exploring the relationship between fetal heart rate and cognition

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-75

  Kisilevsky, Barbara S ^a   Hains, Sylvia M J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Development; Fetus; Heart rate; Human; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949107160     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.655     Document Type: Article

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