Communication and crying in newborns

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-665

  Cecchini, Marco ^a   Lai, Carlo ^a,b   Langher, Viviana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Crying behaviour; Dysphony; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYING; DYSPHONIA; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; CRYING; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 35348927542     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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