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319 L2 Part2 6slides
319 L2 Part2 6slides
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8 months
Learning Objectives
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Tactile>vestibular>chemical>auditory>visual
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Fetal Sensation of Motion
Fetal Taste and Smell
“proprioception”
– Week 8, neural innervation; week 16, taste buds on
the tongue; 9 weeks olfactory cells; 30 weeks
– Sense of balance at 5 months (20 weeks)
internal nasal passage clearance
– Evidence from rocking studies and fetal
– Maternal food alters the “flavour” of amniotic
counterbalance of position behaviours (Lickliter &
Bahrick, 2016) fluid
– Some evidence that broad maternal food selection
– Suggests key aspect of vestibular system is intact
engenders broad food consumption (correlational
at this age (linked to auditory development in
general; ossification of inner ear bones in design: Mennella et al., 2001)
gestational week 20) – Sensitivities to sweet over other tastes prenatally
• Poor at detecting salty tastes, even after birth
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Auditory development
High Amplitude Sucking Paradigms
and language research
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Evidence for Fetal Learning Ultrasound imaging: What does it look like?
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Ultrasound imaging: How does it work? Ultrasound imaging: How does it work?
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24 weeks
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1965 1985
3D, 4D
1995 2008
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4D Imaging
• 3d ultrasound plus
movement (the 4th
dimension)
• High frequency
resonance means
limited time for use
(British Ultrasound GE Loqig 9 3D image of fetal
Society) twins
www.rrvr.net\3d.htm
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