Onset and maturation of fetal heart rate response to the mother's voice over late gestation

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-223

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

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTHER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREGNANCY; SPEECH; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTHERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; SPEECH; VOICE;

EID: 79954608328     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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