Fetal response to induced maternal emotions
Fetal response to induced maternal emotions
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DOI:
10.1007/s12576-010-0087-x
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发表时间:
2010-05-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Shinohara, Kazuyuki
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作者:
Araki, Miyuki;Nishitani, Shota;Shinohara, Kazuyuki
This study investigated the relationship between fetal movements and acute maternal emotional changes during pregnancy. Two empirically validated feature film clips were used for the external generation of two subjectively and facially well-characterized target emotions: happiness and sadness. We simultaneously monitored separate fetal arm, leg, and trunk movements by means of two ultrasound apparatuses while maternal emotions were manipulated by film clip presentation. The number of fetal arm movements, but not the duration, was increased when pregnant women were being shown a happy film. Both the number and the duration of fetal arm movements decreased with the sad film presentation. Neither the presentation of happiness nor the presentation of sadness affected fetal leg or trunk movements. These findings suggest that induced emotions in pregnant women primarily affect arm movements of their fetuses, and that positive and negative emotions have the opposite effects on fetus movement.