Abstract
This article shows that parturient women can identify their newborns by tactile cues alone and that the discriminative features are learned, without intent, during routine mother-infant interactions. To test for touch recognition, mothers were instructed to stroke the hand (dorsal surface) of 3 newborns, 1 of which was her own. She then guessed which of the 3 was her own infant. The results showed that the majority of women were successful at the task if they has been with their infant for 1 hr or more since childbirth. Control experiments showed that the discrimination was not based on olfactory or other nontactile cues. It was concluded that during routine mother-infant contact, mothers learn the unique tactile features of their infant's skin and use these cues for individual recognition
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