A team of medical practitioners in Northern California has formed a 'prenatal university' - a systematised programme of prenatal stimulation for parents. Manuals and cassette tapes suggest techniques for interaction with a foetus.
In a follow-up study of 500 babies born after the programme, the researchers found enhanced physical and mental development, including easy birth, early speech, physical agility and healthy parent-child bonding.
Prenatal University, 27225 Calaroga Avenue, Hayward, California 94545, USA.