Dysphonic newborn cries allow prediction of their perceived meaning

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-320

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attribution of meaning; Communication; Dysphonic Cry; Newborn crying

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOUCH;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMMUNICATION; CRYING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TOUCH;

EID: 77953023960     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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