Advanced mathematics in mother-child relationships

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 11:49 in Health & Medicine

The hearts of pregnant women and their unborn children sometimes beat in synchrony. This interaction is significantly influenced by the mother's breathing, researchers report in the current online edition of the 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.' The mathematical approach to identify the synchronisation epochs could be applied to detect complications early in pregnancy. It could equally be used for the analysis of complex patterns in the climate system...

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