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prenatal development

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the development of humans before they’re born

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postnatal development

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the development of humans after they’re born, especially in infancy

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stages of prenatal development

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o Zygote – first two weeks
o Embryo – 2-10 weeks (the period when organs develop)
o Foetus – after week 10 until birth

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indirect methods for studying prenatal development

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non-human models of prenatal changes in brain and behaviour + human embryos and foetuses that died + testing perception and memory of neonates (infants who’re less than a month old)

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direct methods of studying prenatal development

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measurement of autonomic nervous system activity with external stimulation + phenotypes (characteristics, capacities and patterns of activity) + placing a foetal ultrasound cardiotocograph sensor around the maternal abdomen that can record the heartrate and movement + using fMRI and MEG

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aproptosis

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programmed death of cells

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when does organogenesis end

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8 weeks

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stages of zygote

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o Zygote – day 1, fertilized egg
o Morula – day 3, ball of 16 cell, cell differentiation starts
o Blastula – day 4-7, cavity arises, embryo arises out of inner cells, implantation in uterus

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what’s gastrulation

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formation of the 3 germ layers by migration and differentiation of blastula cells

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layers of blastula cells

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ectoderm - skin, hair and nervous system
mesoderm - muscles and bones
endoderm - most other organs

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neurulation

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ectoderm - neural plate (18 days) - neural tube (cranial-caudal organization)

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when are cells for different parts of the brain differentiated

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18 days

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what happens when the closing of the neural tube fails

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spina bifida (open back) + anencephaly or open skull (usually miscarriage or death shortly after birth)
folic acid during first 12 weeks - helps

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neurogenesis

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the birth of neurons

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cerebral cortex

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the area of the brain that is associated with complex tasks (memory, language, thoughts, control and integration of movement and the senses)

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when do cerebral hemispheres begin to arise

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9 weeks

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when do the cells in the cerebral hemisphere proliferate and migrate

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4 months

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when is the surface no longer smooth and what appears then

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6 months, sulci (groove), gyri (ridges)

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when does the process of inhibition become function and what happens then

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15 weeks - period of reorganisation of behaviours – reflexive neuronal circuits are still in place, now controlled by more sophisticated nerve cells in the new higher centres

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when is the number of cells in the cerebral cortex mature

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27 weeks - but at birth the brain is only at about 25% of its full adult volume (myelination)

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lobes and their function

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Frontal lobes – associated with movement, parietal lobes – sensations, temporal lobes – hearing, memory, sense of self and time, occipital lobes – visual centre of the brain
+Association cortex – surrounds the primary sensory areas, longer development (concerned with higher cognitive and integrative function that develop with experience)

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what brain regions are the same and different than adult?

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Same – sensory and motor networks
Different – emotion and control

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pattern of rest and activity at 34 weeks

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20-30% of their time in quiet, motion-less sleep with a steady heartbeat and breathing movements that are rhythmic
rest of the time - the same as newborn active sleep - many different body movements, eyes moving rapidly back and forth + heart and breathing rate are irregular + responsive to the sensory stimuli they’re exposed to +fewer general body movements + breathing movements

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does the baby move at 38 weeks

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longer periods of deep sleep - rest periods of about 80-100 minutes

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development of touch

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8 weeks – if the area around the lips is stroked – foetuses will respond by moving
10 weeks – foetuses will curl their fingers in a reflexive grasp when their palm is touched
12 weeks – their toes will curl when soles are touches

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rooting reflex

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the reflex that causes newborn babies to respond to one of their cheeks being touched by turning their head in that direction – helps them nurse

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chemosensory system

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encompasses both the gustatory (taste) and olfactory (smell) senses

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how can infants experience taste stimulants

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mouth, nose, blood

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when are nose plugs gone

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4th month

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when is the constitution of amniotic fluid is increasingly dependent on foetal urination

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second ja; f pf tje [regmamcu

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are some taste preferences learned in utero

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yes, newborns turn their heads in the directions of smells present in their mother’s diet (anise, garlic, carrot juice)

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colostrum

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the breast fluid that comes before true milk – rich in minerals and antibodies, helps populate the newborn’s gut with good bacteria

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vestibular system

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the sensory system that contributes to balance and spatial orientation

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when do infants show the righting reflex and what is that useful for

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25 weeks - turning their heads downwards for birth

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when do babies move

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when the mother isn’t - vestibular stimulation

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preterm

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born prematurely, anything before 38 weeks

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what’s improved if the incubator is rocked

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weight gain, visual responsiveness, and later expressive language development

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circadian rhythm

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bodily cycles within the body that occur on a 24-hour cycle

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what’s kangaroo care

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skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the preterm infant over 24 days

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when are eyelids no longer fused shut

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5-7 months

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when do eyes start forming

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5th week

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how do eyes develop

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balloons fold inwards, retina develops (function – capture the light entering the eye through rods and cones (develop from the optic cup) and convert it into electrical impulses) + the outer wall forms a pigment-containing layer that absorbs the light + nutritive network of blood vessels

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timeline of eye development

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2nd month – the lens begins to develop + the eyelids and muscles that move the eyes + the iris
3rd month – the eyelids have fused together + the cornea is forming layers
6th month – all the muscles that move the eyeball are in place
16th to 23rd week - eye movements begin

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can premature babies see

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26 weeks yes - distinguish light from datk

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the visual pathway

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connects the light-sensitive cells in the eye (rods and cones) to the brain – deals with the transmission and interpretation of the electrical impulses encoding the visual information that enters the eye

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what’s the relay station

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lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus

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when do the nerve fibbers interconnect with the LGN

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end of the first ttimester

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straite cortex

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in the occipital lobe, part of the brain concerned with basic visual function
Surrounding areas – perceptual processes – interpretation of sensory information (development by the end of the third trimester)

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when does the development of the auditory system begin

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6th week

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what can fetuses hear

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mother’s heartbeats, borborygmi (gastrointestinal sounds), mother’s voice

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when do foetal motor and heart rate responses to external sounds start

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26th week

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transnatal learning

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learning that occurs during the prenatal period which is remembered during the postnatal period

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what was found about habituation in the prenatal period

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35th week is important
35-37 weeks habituated and dishabituated, 32-34 weeks just mostly habituated

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research on hearing heartbeats

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Intrauterine sounds calm neonates – but some research called the soothing effect of heartbeat sound into question (failure to replicate + neonatal arousal response to sound dependents upon many variables such as characteristics of the stimulus, infant’s initial state and the experimenter’s choice of response)

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how do infants react to mother’s voice compared to a stranger’s voice 2 hours after birth

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more movement + sucked to activate the recording of it more frequently

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when can infants discriminate languages

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4 days after birth, 2 days old show a preference for their maternal language

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critical period

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Period with specific development is optimal (sensitive period)
Period in which system is vulnerable for lesions

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perinatal

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just before and after birth

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breakdown of congenital defects

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10-15% - genetic factors
10% - environmental agents

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what causes chromosomal defects

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an error in the separation of chromosomes into appropriate daughter cells: meiotic cell division – the type of cell division that occurs in sexually reproducing organisms which halves the number of chromosomes in reproductive cells

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risk for Down’s syndrome by age

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at 20 is 1/2000, at 30 it’s 1/1000, by 37 it’s 1/200

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what can the age of the father cause

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schizophrenia, autism, dwarfism

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autosomal genetic disorders and examples

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resulting from a mutation in a gene in one of the non-sex chromosomes
Sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease, Huntington’s disease, Marfan syndrome
Ashkenazi Jews – 1/30 is a carrier of Tay-Sachs disease, African Americans – 8/100 carriers of the sickle cell gene

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adverse outcomes of heavy maternal alcohol consumption

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risk for spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, premature placental separation, intrauterine growth restriction, preterm birth, poor development, newborn mortality + risk for SIDS

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how many children of Addis get foetal alcohol syndrome

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6%

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factors linked to severity of FAS

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mother’s drinking behaviour (hard to say how much is harmful), timing of the consumption, mother’s alcohol metabolism (faster digestion – less damage), mother’s age, genetic predisposition, mother’s lifestyle

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prenatal influence of smoking

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Babies weigh 100-200g less + twice the risk for foetal growth restrictions + risk for prematurity and perinatal complications (premature detachment of the placenta) + two to threefold increase for SIDS + o Behavioural problems and cognitive weakness + problems with attention, visuoperceptual processing and speech processing

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SSRI

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitior (SSRI) – a class of drugs used to treat depression or anxiety

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microcephaly

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small skull, limited brain growth (often in combination with intellectual disability and organ defects)
- Zika virus: spread by mosquitoes, >1000 cases where the mother was infected and the child developed microcephaly

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what are calcium and iron needed for

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calcium - for foetal bone, muscle and transmitter production
iron - red blood cell and tissue production

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developmental programming

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the hypothesis that prenatal conditions have detrimental effects on health into adulthood

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timing of nutrition - diseases

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o Early – diabetes, CVD, breast cancer, depression, schizophrenia, obesity
o Middle – diabetes, lung diseases, kidney diseases
o Late – diabetes

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dutch pregnant women in WWII

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risk of having schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder or mood disorder (2nd and 3rd trimester)

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reflex behaviors at birth

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breathing, rooting, sucking, swallowing + toe-curling reflex, finger-grasping reflex, startle reflex + stepping reflex

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