Unborn Babies Can Remember

A new study has been done which suggests that unborn babies have a short term memory. Maastricht University Medical Center and the University Medical Center St. Radboud published their finding in the July/August issue of the journal Child Development. The study was conducted in the Netherlands. The researchers observed 100 pregnant Dutch women, over the term of their pregnancy. The scientists watched the reaction of the unborn babies to stimulus on an ultrasound, repeating the same stimulus and charting the reactions. At 30 weeks old, researchers noticed after a few moments of stimulation the baby stopped reacting and considered the stimuli and considered it “safe.” Then in a second session the unborn baby remembered the experience and made no response to the stimuli. At 30 weeks the unborn babies had a short term memory of ten minutes, and by 34 weeks the babies memory was so developed that it was able to recall the incident four weeks prior. The researchers have suggested that the purpose of their study is early prevention… they want to prevent abnormalities (abort babies who do not react normally) or provide extra care to those able to help. This amazing study needs to be used by the pro-life movement to demonstrate that unborn babies are able to process information and think rationally. They can think like a person and are fully human. e Science

Baby Geniuses

The May 2009 Issue of Psychological Science has published an article on the intelligence of babies.


“Our research on babies strongly suggests that right from the beginning babies are active learners,” Susan Hespos said. “It shows that we perceive the world in pretty much the same way from infancy throughout life, making fine adjustments along the way,” continued Hespos. This is an amazing finding for the pro-life movement. I have two children and I have been amazed at the amount that they learn everyday. Most people are still under the assumption that children that babies are less than human for the first six months. "Babies are aware and collecting data all the time," says Hespos. This discovery should show legislators that babies are fully human, and it is not a slowly realized personhood. Rather, from birth babies are aware and learning.

See this website for the full story: http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/05/07/babies-smarter-than-most-appreciate/5764.html