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Does prenatal maternal stress impair cognitive development and alter temperament characteristics in toddlers with healthy birth outcomes?

Peng Zhu, Meng‐Sha Sun, Jiahu Hao, Yu‐Jiang Chen, Xiaomin Jiang, Ruixue Tao, Kun Huang, Fangbiao Tao

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology · 2014 · 90 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

This study provides evidence that lower cognitive ability and less optimal worse behavioural response in infants might independently result from prenatal maternal stress.

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