Was this article helpful?
We believe you should always know the source of the information you’re seeing.
Learn more about oureditorial and medical review policies.
Bigelow A et al.
Distinguishing MotherInfant Interaction From StrangerInfant Interaction at 2, 4, and 6 Months of Age.
Your Baby’s Development: The Second Trimester.
Updated February 2011.http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/pregnancy-newborns/fetal-health/your-babys-development-the-second-trimester.printerview.htmlOpens a new window
FamilyDoctor.orgOpens a new window.
Your Baby’s Development: The Third Trimester.
Updated February 2011.http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/pregnancy-newborns/fetal-health/your-babys-development-the-third-trimester.printerview.htmlOpens a new window
HealthyChildren.orgOpens a new window.
Baby’s Vision Development.
Updated Aug. 7, 2013.http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/Pages/Babys-Vision-Development.aspxOpens a new window
HealthyChildren.orgOpens a new window.
Your Baby’s Vision: 1 Month.
Updated Aug. 7, 2013. http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/Pages/Your-Baby's-Vision-1-Month.aspxOpens a new window
HealthyChildren.orgOpens a new window.
Your Baby’s Vision: 4 to 7 Months.
Updated Aug. 7, 2013.http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/Pages/Your-Babys-Vision-4-to-7-Months.aspxOpens a new window
Lee GY and Kisilevsky BS.
Fetuses respond to father’s voice but prefer mother’s voice after birth.
Published online July 2, 2013.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23817883Opens a new window
McKone E et al.
The Cognitive and Neural Development of Face Recognition in Humans.
In Gazzaniga (Ed.
), The Cognitive Neurosciences pp.
Published 2009.http://web.mit.edu/bcs/nklab/media/pdfs/McKone.etal.Chap32.GazzBook2009.pdfOpens a new window
Minagawa-Kawai Y et al.
Prefrontal Activation Associated with Social Attachment: Facial-Emotion Recognition in Mothers and Infants.
The Senses and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old.
Reviewed September 2011.http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/senses/sense13m.htmlOpens a new window
Slater A and Quinn P. Face recognition in the newborn infant.
Infant and Child Development.
Communicative and Integrative Biology.
2009 May-Jun;2(3):279-281.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717541/#R24Opens a new window
UpToDate.
Visual development and vision assessment in infants and children.
Updated February 2013.http://www.uptodate.com/contents/visual-development-and-vision-assessment-in-infants-and-childrenOpens a new window
Nemours Foundation.
The senses and your 8-to-12-month old.
Accessed March 6, 2014.http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/senses/sense812m.htmlOpens a new window
