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This research investigates whether newborns show a preference for their mothers' voices compared to others.

June 6, 1980Science

Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer Their Mothers' Voices

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Experimental study demonstrates that newborns can learn to produce their mothers' voices, suggesting bonding importance.

This research investigates whether newborns show a preference for their mothers' voices compared to others.
Newborns used a nonnutritive nipple to produce either their mother's voice or another female's voice.
Infant vocalizations were observed to determine preferences for voice types.
Sucking patterns indicated how often infants produced the maternal voice.
Newborns produced their mother's voice more frequently than the voice of another female.
The preference for the maternal voice suggests enhanced bonding in the immediate postnatal period.

DeCasper et al. (1980) studied this question.

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