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Appendix 3
Movement and Learning Patterns of the Unborn Child and
The Development of the Senses
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Taste
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Timing
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Source |
The fetus has many more taste buds
than a newborn. It probably has a sense of taste.
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Nap |
Rugh, p 34 |
| Taste buds begin to form. |
8th week after conception |
Rugh, p 53 |
| Taste buds are evident. |
3rd lunar month |
Williams, p 169 |
| Taste buds are developing. |
11th - 13th weeks after fertilization |
Moore, p 234 |
| A facial response occurs when the
fetus is given bitter-tasting substances. Reflexes
between the taste buds and facial muscles are in
place. |
26th - 28th weeks after fertilization |
Moore, p 234 |
| A fetus swallowed more amniotic fluid
when it was sweetened. In contrast, the fetus responded
to the injection of a noxious-tasting substance
into the amniotic fluid by reducing its sucking
movements, possibly indicating that it did not like
the taste of the substance. |
Before birth |
Nijhuis/Hepper, p 136 |
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