NEW YORK, May 5, 2008 – Infants who are exposed to television and video in low socio-economic households tend to have limited verbal interactions with their mothers, according to a new study led by ...

Analysis of recordings from infants' homes reveals that certain types of vocal interactions between adults and infants are associated with a larger infant vocabulary. Analysis of recordings from ...

The relationship with our babies can often be seen as a dance—a give-and-take of eye contact, touch, gestures, and emotions between parent and child. This metaphorical dance finds its scientific ...

Research has found that women with depression during pregnancy, or with a history of depression, had a reduced quality of mother-infant interaction at both eight weeks and 12 months after their babies ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the effect of initial skin-to-skin contact (SSC) at delivery on the quality of mother-infant interactions at four months of ...