Fetal memory: Does it exist? What does it do?
作者:
PG Hepper,
期刊:
Acta Pædiatrica
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 85,
issue 1
页码: 16-20
ISSN:0803-5253
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb14272.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Attachment;hreastfeeding;classical conditioning;fetus;habituation;language acquisition;learning;memory;recognition
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Whether fetal memory exists has attracted interest for many thousands of years. The following review draws on recent experimental evidence to consider two questions: does the fetus have a memory? And, if so, what function(s) does it serve? Evidence from fetal learning paradigms of classical conditioning, habituation and exposure learning reveal that the fetus does have a memory. By comparison little attention has been paid to the possible function of memory. Possible functions discussed are: practice, recognition of and attachment to the mother, promotion of breastfeeding, and language acquisition. It is concluded that the fetus does possess a memory but that more attention to the functions of fetal memory will guide future studies of fetal memory abilities.
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