Prescient human fetuses thrive

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-100

  Sandman, Curt A ^a   Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a   Glynn, Laura M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; fetal programming; HPA axis; infant development; predictive adaptive response; stress; stress reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855490733     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611422073     Document Type: Article

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