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Non-Genetic Prenatal Influences on Psychological Development

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‘Entwendet die Mutter während ihrer Schwangerschaft etwas, so kann das Kind dem Hang zum Stehlen sein ganzes Leben lang nicht Widerstehen’. Thus Pachinger (I) reports on ancient myths in Austria.

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Jans, J. (1971). Non-Genetic Prenatal Influences on Psychological Development. In: Stoelinga, G.B.A., Van Der Werff Ten Bosch, J.J. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Development of Brain and Behaviour. Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2921-6_13

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