ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Do fetuses perceive social stimuli? A magnetoencephalography investigation of the prenatal mind.
What can a fetus perceive? Leveraging rare, specialized resources at the University of Tuebingen's fMEG Center, FETAL-MIND will conduct the first-ever study of fetal neural responses to social stimuli using recent innovations toward in utero stimulus delivery and cutting edge techniques for fetal brain signal detection. This groundbreaking project will challenge the widespread view of fetuses as isolated and unaware by examining fetal neural responses to non-maternal vocal stimuli and face-like patterns projected into the womb. Specifically, FETAL-MIND will use fetal magnetoencephalography (MEG) in the third trimester (32-40 weeks gestation), employing both traditional superconducting MEG…
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