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Truzzi, Anna; Islam, Tanvir; Valenzi, Stefano; Esposito, Gianluca – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Responses to infant signals are critical to infant development and well-being. However, brain mechanisms underlying paternal responses to infant crying are still largely unknown. Here using EEG, we investigated brain activations in two different groups, 10 fathers and 10 non-fathers, in response to infant-related sounds: typically developing…
Descriptors: Infants, Verbal Communication, Brain, Fathers
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LaGasse, Linda L.; Neal, A. Rebecca; Lester, Barry M. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
Infant crying signals distress to potential caretakers who can alleviate the aversive conditions that gave rise to the cry. The cry signal results from coordination among several brain regions that control respiration and vocal cord vibration from which the cry sounds are produced. Previous work has shown a relationship between acoustic…
Descriptors: Crying, Pregnancy, Infants, Acoustics