Sex differences in fetal habituation

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-383

  Hepper, Peter G ^a   Dornan, James C ^a   Lynch, Catherine ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HABITUATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULATION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84859700414     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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