What babies learn before they're born

What babies learn before they're born - CNN.com: The fetus, we now know, is not an inert blob, but an active and dynamic creature, responding and adapting as it readies itself for life in the particular world it will soon enter. The pregnant woman is neither a passive incubator nor a source of always-imminent harm to her fetus, but a powerful and often positive influence on her child even before it's born. And pregnancy is not a nine-month wait for the big event of birth, but a crucial period unto itself -- "a staging period for well-being and disease in later life," as one scientist puts it.

This is from a TED talk given by Annie Murphy Paul, author of Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives.

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