Maternal recognition of isolated newborn physical features in the early post-partum period
- 1 November 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
- Vol. 14 (4), 293-298
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02646839608404525
Abstract
Mothers (n = 40) given a photo-album containing isolated physical features of their newborn baby and other newborns were asked to select their own baby's features. Hairline-forehead was the only feature to be correctly identified more often than expected by chance (p < 0.002).Keywords
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