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Cognitive Development
Promoting Memory
WiseTip: CD-MEM-M0009-E01A

Change and rearrange objects or pictures in the environment. This creates new sights and visual interest for your baby. Talk to your baby about the changes.

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  1. New Jersey Council for Young Children. (2013). New Jersey Birth to Three Early Learning Standards. Retrieved from https://www.nj.gov/education/ece/guide/standards/birth/standards.pdf

0-9 months
Environment
WHY IT MATTERS

Babies develop memories from the time they are born. Shortly after birth, newborns can recognise their mother's voice.

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  1. DeCasper A.J., Fifer W.P. (1980). Of human bonding: newborns prefer their mothers’ voices. Science. ;208(4448):1174–1176.
By three to four days old, they can remember and recognise their mothers' face.
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  1. Simion, F., & Giorgio, E. D. (2015). Face perception and processing in early infancy: inborn predispositions and developmental changes. Frontiers in psychology, 6, 969. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00969
 Studies found that infants initially preferred to look at that which is familiar as they begin to process a stimulus. Once processing becomes more advanced, their preference shifts to the novel. Hence providing new things for infants to look at will help stimulate the brain and encourage memory and processing.
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  1. Rose SA, Feldman JF, Jankowski JJ. (2001). Attention and recognition memory in the 1st year of life: A longitudinal study of preterm and full-term infants. Dev Psychol.; 37(1):135-151.