## Abstract Data from our research are reviewed showing limited attentiveness and responsivity to animate stimuli in newborns of depressed mothers. These include face–voice stimuli of mothers and strangers, newborn cry sounds and instrumental and vocal music. Newborns of depressed mothers are also
Depressed mothers’ infants are less responsive to faces and voices
✍ Scribed by Tiffany Field; Miguel Diego; Maria Hernandez-Reif
- Book ID
- 113658669
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-6383
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