Contagious crying beyond the first days of life

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-288

  Geangu, Elena ^a   Benga, Oana ^b   Stahl, Daniel ^c   Striano, Tricia ^d,e  

^a George Baritiu Institute of the Romanian Academy of Science   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional contagion; Emotional prosody; Empathy; Infancy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRYING; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952965896     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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