A plausible pathway of imprinted behaviors: Skin-to-skin actions of the newborn immediately after birth follow the order of fetal development and intrauterine training of movements. (January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Widström, Ann-Marie; Brimdyr, Kajsa; Svensson, Kristin; Cadwell, Karin; Nissen, Eva
• Is Part Of: Medical hypotheses. Volume 134(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-01
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109432
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-9877

Abstract

Abstract: We hypothesize that the competence of a newborn in the first hours after birth is the direct result of behavior training that begins during the first 12 weeks of fetal life. Correlation of Widström's 9 Instinctive Stages (behaviors of the full-term newborn during the first hours after birth) with the developmental movements during fetal life demonstrate that the fetus is invested in learning specific tasks, in a specific order, that are evolutionarily necessary for survival during the first hour and beyond.