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Emory, Eugene K.; Noonan, John R. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Classified fetuses as accelerators or decelerators based on intrapartum fetal heart rate (FHR). Explored the relationship of the classification with gestational age and neonatal behavior in clinically healthy neonates to provide an empirical basis for using FHR in the study of infant behavior. Subjects were 48 "healthy term" or…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Comparative Analysis, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior

Emory, Eugene K.; Noonan, John R. – Child Development, 1984
Explores whether an empirical classification of healthy fetuses as fetal heart rate accelerators or decelerators would predict birth weight and neonatal behavior scored with the Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Birth, Birth Weight, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior