Abstract
AbstractThe experimental literature on the behavioral sequelae of prenatal stress in rodents is reviewed, from which few conclusions can be drawn except that some change in activity‐reactivity may be induced. Were more careful consideration given to certain methodologic dimensions, greater clarity of empirical relations could be achieved. These dimensions are: (1) the sex, species, and strain of animal observed; (2) the specification of the prenatal manipulation; and (3) the precision and completeness of the behavioral description which is the dependent variable studied. Multiple descriptions, as in a test‐battery approach, appear to be inefficient and generally unwarranted.
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