Fetal sleep organization: A biological precursor of self-regulation in childhood and adolescence?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 584-590

  Van den Bergh, Bea R H ^a,b   Mulder, Eduard J H ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain maturation; Developmental origins of behavior, health and disease (DOBHaD); Developmental plasticity; Effortful control; Fetal sleep organization; Self regulation; State transition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETAL SLEEP ORGANIZATION; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP PARAMETERS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP, REM; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858002738     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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