Prenatal stress and child neurodevelopment: Evolutionary explanations? Vivette Glover

Vivette Glover is a British Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology at Imperial College London. Her research concentrates on the effects of stress in pregnancy on the development of the fetus and child.
This presentation was given at the 2022 Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK.
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Thank you for a clarification on an issue I could not find scientific research. I wonder if the gifted children (a brain that is highly wired) could be a response to prenatal stress when macro and micronutrients are available for nourishing the neurodevelopment in the womb of a stressful mother. Alternatively, in the womb of a mother that did not wish to be a mother, that is, an environment in the womb full of 'negative' biochemicals to the success of life... Then, as a response to survive, the fetal becoming a highly connected brain for dealing with complexity of risks and opportunities for survival...