Study of Prenatal Experiencing Modality from Developmental Clinical and “Kansei” Psychology Perspectives

We retrospectively analyzed the different modalities of prenatal fetal
experiences delineated in different picture books from the perspective of
developmental and “kansei ” psychology by utilizing the six characteristics of
experiencing proposed by Gendlin (1961). The results suggested the possibility of
experiences of emotions in unborn children that are elicited without clear
emotional experiences. The study also indicate d possible prenatal fetal
experiences similar to internal working seen in the focusing process in which one
refers directly to the felt sense. These findings have implications for the
experiencing theory advocated by Gendlin (1961), which could also be app lied to
unborn children. Furthermore, the results emphasize the importance of the
mother’s voice and belly touch for her unborn child because the unborn child
might gain fundamental experiences for conceptualization and symbolization
during the prenatal pe riod. These results provide further support for the
“experiential psycho development theory.”