The human fetus holds the key to unlocking the initial origins and predispositions of all aspects of human psychological development. Despite this, difficulties related to experimentally manipulating the behavior of the fetus to assess capacities have sidelined the fetus within the developmental sciences. Instead, the focus has been on the human infant. With new developments in the fields of obstetrics, medical physics, and psychology, the methodological constraints surrounding research on the human fetus are now reduced. We highlight new approaches and indicate possible new directions in the understanding of the cognitive and perceptual capacities of the human fetus.

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人类心理发展的胎儿起源

人类胎儿是释放人类心理发展各个方面的最初起源和倾向的关键。尽管如此，在发展科学中，与实验操纵胎儿行为以评估能力有关的困难已使胎儿置之不理。相反，重点放在人类婴儿上。随着在产科，医学物理学和心理学领域的新发展，围绕人类胎儿研究的方法学限制现已减少。我们重点介绍了新方法，并指出了对人类胎儿的认知和知觉能力的理解的可能新方向。