title: Embedded Figures Test performance before and after childbirth.
abstract: Performance on the Embedded Figures Test was investigated before and after childbirth when biochemical changes are marked. Females comprising a first experimental group were tested in their 38th to 40th week of pregnancy. Their husbands who comprised a male control group were tested concurrently. The females were again tested in the sixth week following delivery. There was a significant (P less than 0.001) test-retest difference in EFT scores. Testing of a second female experimental group, to investigate the possibility of a practice effect, indicated that a factor over and above the practice effect was operating in the scores of the first experimental group.
mesh_terms: D004644:Emotions; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011247:Pregnancy; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D004958:Estradiol