Parturient Women Can Recognize Their Infants by Touch.

Kaitz, Marsha; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ440011

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Parturient Women Can Recognize Their Infants by Touch.

Kaitz, Marsha; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v28 n1 p35-39 Jan 1992

In 2 experiments, mothers, between 5 and 81 hours after giving birth, stroked the hand of 3 infants and then guessed which infant was their own. Results showed that the majority of mothers who had been with their infant for an hour or more since childbirth were successful at the task. (BC)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Identification, Mothers, Neonates, Parent Child Relationship, Tactile Stimuli, Tactual Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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