Race and Ethnicity Research. The Census Bureau has a long history of conducting research to improve questions and data on race and ethnicity. Since the 1970s, the Census Bureau has conducted content tests to research and improve the design and function of different questions, including questions on race and ethnicity.
In this article. Babies are born with a full visual capacity to see objects and colors. However, newborns are extremely nearsighted (far away objects are blurry): 1  Newborns can see objects about 8-15 inches away quite sharply. 2  Newborns prefer to look at faces over other shapes and objects and at round shapes with light and dark borders (such as your adoring eyes).
The world looks very different to newborns. Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images. Newborn babies are able to see objects clearly that are about 8 to 12 inches away from them. This is approximately the distance from your face to your baby's face when you hold her in your arms.Although your newborn can see you clearly when you hold her, much of the rest of the world is still a blur to her.yesight. The eyesight of a newborn is about 20/400, according to pediatric ophthalmologist Dr. Steven Levine in an article in CNN Health. This means that an object about 20 feet away would look as blurry to a newborn as an object about 400 feet away would look to an adult with normal eyesight.