What makes a cry a cry? A review of infant distress vocalizations

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 698-726

  Lingle, Susan ^a   Wyman, Megan T ^b   Kotrba, Radim ^c,d   Teichroeb, Lisa J ^a   Romanow, Cora A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crying; Distress calls; Isolation calls; Mother infant communication; Motivational structural rules; Parental care; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868246829     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.5.698     Document Type: Review

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