Depressed mothers' newborns show longer habituation and fail to show face/voice preference

Maria Hernandez-Reif; Tiffany Field; Miguel Diego; Shay Largie

doi:10.1002/imhj.10037

Depressed mothers' newborns show longer habituation and fail to show face/voice preference

Maria Hernandez-Reif, Tiffany Field, Miguel Diego, Shay Largie

Pediatrics

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Twenty neonates of depressed and nondepressed mothers failed to show an initial visual preference for their mother's versus a female stranger's face/voice. Subsequently, infants were habituated to their mother's face and voice. Infants of depressed mothers required 1/3 more trials and almost twice as long to habituate. A posthabituation test with their mother and a different female stranger revealed a preference for the stranger's face for 9 out of the 10 newborns of the nondepressed mothers. Again, the infants of depressed mothers displayed no visual preference. These findings reveal differences in depressed mothers newborns' speed of habituation and face/voice preferences.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	643-653
Number of pages	11
Journal	Infant Mental Health Journal
Volume	23
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.10037
State	Published - Dec 1 2002

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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