Beyza Ustun's Outputs (6)

Flavor learning and memory in utero as assessed through the changing pattern of olfactory responses from fetal to neonatal life (2025)
Journal Article
Ustun-Elayan, B., Blissett, J., Covey, J., Schaal, B., & Reissland, N. (2025). Flavor learning and memory in utero as assessed through the changing pattern of olfactory responses from fetal to neonatal life. Appetite, 208, Article 107891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.107891

Mammalian chemosensory experience begins in utero, where fetuses are exposed to odors and tastes from the mother’s diet. Although the effects of prenatal flavor exposure in humans have been investigated postnatally in infant behavio... Read More about Flavor learning and memory in utero as assessed through the changing pattern of olfactory responses from fetal to neonatal life.

The effects of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on fetal movement profiles (2024)
Journal Article
Reissland, N., Ustun, B., & Einbeck, J. (2024). The effects of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on fetal movement profiles. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1), 56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06259-8

Purpose: The current study investigated the direct impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on fetal movements, addressing a critical research gap. While previous research has predominantly examined the effects of lockdown on maternal health and postnatal out... Read More about The effects of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on fetal movement profiles.

(As yet) unsolved questions about amniotic fluid-borne flavours and their perception by the human fetus. Reply to the letter by Dr J. G. Alves in Psychological Science (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Schaal, B., Ustun, B., Blissett, J., & Reissland, N. (As yet) unsolved questions about amniotic fluid-borne flavours and their perception by the human fetus. Reply to the letter by Dr J. G. Alves in Psychological Science

We thank Dr Alves for his comments on our paper entitled “Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Behaviors in the Human Fetus” (Ustun et al., 2022). As we acknowledge and Dr Alves highlights, the behavioural responsiveness of the human fetus to chemose... Read More about (As yet) unsolved questions about amniotic fluid-borne flavours and their perception by the human fetus. Reply to the letter by Dr J. G. Alves in Psychological Science.

Chemosensory continuity from prenatal to postnatal life in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Ustun, B., Covey, J., & Reissland, N. (2023). Chemosensory continuity from prenatal to postnatal life in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 18(3), Article e0283314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283314

Throughout pregnancy, fetuses are exposed to a range of chemosensory inputs influencing their postnatal behaviors. Such prenatal exposure provides the fetus with continuous sensory information to adapt to the environment they face once born. This stu... Read More about Chemosensory continuity from prenatal to postnatal life in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Discriminative Behaviours in the Human Fetus (2022)
Journal Article
Ustun, B., Reissland, N., Covey, J., Schaal, B., & Blisset, J. (2022). Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Discriminative Behaviours in the Human Fetus. Psychological Science, 33(10), 1651-1663. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221105460

The diet of pregnant women exposes fetuses to a variety of flavors consisting of compound sensations involving smell, taste, and chemesthesis. The effects of such prenatal flavor exposure on chemosensory development have so far been measured only pos... Read More about Flavor Sensing in Utero and Emerging Discriminative Behaviours in the Human Fetus.

Prenatal effects of maternal nutritional stress and mental health on the fetal movement profile (2020)
Journal Article
Reissland, N., Millard, A., Wood, R., Ustun, B., McFaul, C., Froggatt, S., & Einbeck, J. (2020). Prenatal effects of maternal nutritional stress and mental health on the fetal movement profile. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 302(1), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-020-05571-w

Purpose: Prenatal sub-optimal nutrition and exposure to maternal stress, anxiety and depression in pregnancy have been linked to increased postnatal morbidity and mortality. Fetal growth is most vulnerable to maternal dietary deficiencies, such as th... Read More about Prenatal effects of maternal nutritional stress and mental health on the fetal movement profile.