One of the most prominent symptoms of the last periods of pregnancy is that the fetus is growing more active in the womb through the kicking process, but what is the reason? A recent study shows how important kicking is in developing mental and physical abilities of the fetus.
In a medical study prepared by the University College of London in collaboration with the College Hospital and recently published by scientific journal Scientific Reports, it was found that fetal kicks in the mother's womb could allow him to form a "physical map" of himself and eventually explore the environment.
The researchers measured the brain waves that are released when the embryos kicked at the ends, and brain waves were measured for children using brainwave mapping. It included 19 newborn infants between the ages of 31 and 42 weeks.
The results indicate that fetal kicks during the final stages of pregnancy - and the last third of it - help in the growth of areas of the brain dealing with sensory inputs, the way in which the fetus develops the sensation of his body.
Later, the rapid brainwaves of the movement disappear when the child reaches a few weeks.
"Spontaneous motion and subsequent reactions from the environment during the early growth period are known to be necessary for brain mapping in animals like rats," said Lorenzo Fabrizi, a neuroscientist, physiology and pharmacology professor at the University of London College and co-author of the study. Humans".
Kimberly Whitehead, a neuroscientist, member of the faculty and pharmacist, said: "We believe that the results have an effect on providing an ideal environment for inpatients to receive the appropriate sensory inputs, for example the routine work of babies to put their beds to sleep, When they kick their limbs, as if they were still in the womb. "