Appendix 3
Movement and Learning Patterns of the Unborn Child and The Development of the Senses

 

Startles

 

Timing

 Source
First occur.
 6 - 7 1/2 weeks after conception Nihuis/de Vries, p 5
First occur. 7th week after conception Roodenburg, p 33
Startles were observed in 12 of 12 fetuses studied, with a median number of about 42 per hour. 7th week after conception de Vries (1985), p 104


 


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