In 1992 the Italian child neuropsychiatrist Alessandra Piontelli (born 1945) published a study in her book ‘From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study’. Using sonography she examined the behaviour of 11 fetuses. The fetuses showed a very complex behavioural repertoire and were quite different concerning their forms of activities. Piontelli, Alessandra (1992). From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study, London 1992. See also: Alessandra Piontelli, Luisa Bocconi, Chiara Boschetto, Alessandra Kustermann, Umberto Nicolini : Differences and similarities in the intra-uterine behaviour of monozygotic and dizygotic twins . In: Twin Research. 1999, 2, S. 264–273 (S. 270 ff.) They reacted to stimuli in complex ways. Piontelli's study suggested that certain prenatal experiences determined later mental life. Psychological traits, e.g. enhanced oral activity, were recognizable in the prenatal phase, and also after birth. Piontelli interpreted her observations in psychoanalytical terms. Piontelli saw a remarkable continuity between pre- and postnatal mental development. Her study is important, because it combines the assessment of empirical data with the observation of single case studies in the postnatal phase and also in infancy. Her study use equally the methods of academic psychology together with the hermeneutics of psychoanalysis, what makes it unique in the scientific landscape.
In 1992 the Italian child neuropsychiatrist Alessandra Piontelli (born 1945) published a study in her book ‘From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study’. Using sonography she examined the behaviour of 11 fetuses. The fetuses showed a very complex behavioural repertoire and were quite different concerning their forms of activities. Alessandra Piontelli, From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study, Routledge, London, 1992. See also: Alessandra Piontelli, Luisa Bocconi, Chiara Boschetto, Alessandra Kustermann, Umberto Nicolini , Differences and similarities in the intra-uterine behaviour of monozygotic and dizygotic twins , Twin Research, 1999, 2, S. 264–273 (S. 270 ff.) They reacted to stimuli in complex ways. Piontelli's study suggested that certain prenatal experiences determined later mental life. Psychological traits, e.g. enhanced oral activity, were recognizable in the prenatal phase, and also after birth. Piontelli interpreted her observations in psychoanalytical terms. Piontelli saw a remarkable continuity between pre- and postnatal mental development. Her study is important, because it combines the assessment of empirical data with the observation of single case studies in the postnatal phase and also in infancy. Her study use equally the methods of academic psychology together with the hermeneutics of psychoanalysis, what makes it unique in the scientific landscape.
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