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How Newborn Senses Develop in the First Six Months
A baby's senses do not all come online together. Touch is functional from around 7.5 weeks of gestation, hearing well before birth, vision still matur...
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What Newborns Can Actually See, Hear, Smell, Taste, and Feel
A newborn placed at the breast can see your face clearly at that distance, hear your voice as the same one heard for months in utero, and recognise th...
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How Newborns See and Hear: Sensory Abilities in the First Weeks
What does a newborn actually perceive? For decades the assumption was: not much. William James called the infant world "one great blooming, buzzing co...
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