Foetal learning: implications for psychiatry?
While many of the ideas presented concerning foetal learning and their implications for psychiatry are at present speculative, I would remind people of the words of Carmichael (1954): "a study of adult behaviour without consideration of its origin before birth is as incomplete as . . . the study of adult anatomy without reference to the embryology of the structures considered." It is folly to overlook the foetal period!
Hepper
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PG
School of Psychology, Queen's University of Belfast.
D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013315:Stress, Psychological