Abstract
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 | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
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Hernandez-Reif, M., Field, T., Diego, M., & Largie, S. (2002). Depressed mothers' newborns show longer habituation and fail to show face/voice preference. Infant Mental Health Journal, 23(6), 643-653. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.10037