Outputs (2)

Goal Directed Behaviours: The Development of Pre-Natal Touch Behaviours (2018)
Book Chapter
Reissland, N., & Austen, J. (2018). Goal Directed Behaviours: The Development of Pre-Natal Touch Behaviours. In D. Corbetta, & M. Santello (Eds.), Reach-to-grasp behavior : brain, behavior, and modelling across the life span (3-17). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429467875-1

Through their general movements in the womb, human fetuses will touch various aspects of their environment. This might include their own bodies, the body of a twin, the uterine wall, and the umbilical cord. Somatosensory responses can be observed as... Read More about Goal Directed Behaviours: The Development of Pre-Natal Touch Behaviours.

New Insights into Prenatal Stress: Immediate- and Long-Term Effects on the Fetus and Their Timing (2017)
Book Chapter
O’Donnell, K., Reissland, N., & Glover, V. (2017). New Insights into Prenatal Stress: Immediate- and Long-Term Effects on the Fetus and Their Timing. In G. Buonocore, & C. Bellieni (Eds.), Neonatal pain : suffering, pain, and risk of brain damage in the fetus and newborn (75-85). (2nd ed.). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53232-5_8

A burgeoning literature emphasizes the importance of the in utero environment for a range of fetal, neonatal, infant and adult health-related outcomes [1]. This period of prenatal development, characterized by rapid growth and development, is a time... Read More about New Insights into Prenatal Stress: Immediate- and Long-Term Effects on the Fetus and Their Timing.