Dysphonic newborn cries allow prediction of their perceived meaning

Cecchini, Marco; Lai, Carlo; Langher, Viviana (2010). Dysphonic newborn cries allow prediction of their perceived meaning. Infant behavior & development, 33(3), pp. 314-20. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.006

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Can adults attribute different meanings to the cries produced by the newborns on the basis of physical-acoustic cues in different communication conditions? In order to test this hypothesis, 20 females were asked to evaluate (according to four scales: anguish, anger, annoyance, care-seeking) 24 cries from 12 healthy full-term newborns (4-7h old): 6 newborns previously exposed to tactile communication (Group 1); 6 newborns without communication (Group 2). Annoyance category was not reliable and it was excluded from analyses. The 20 females attributed a higher rate of anger and anguish to the cries from Group 2, and a higher rate of care-seeking to the cries from Group 1. They attributed different meanings to the cries from Group 1, and undifferentiated meanings to the cries from Group 2. Consistent with bivariate analyses, Dysphonic Cry was the strongest predictor of anger/anguish. Although the Hyperphonic Cry was quantitatively not relevant, its absence was the first predictor for care-seeking.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Urology
UniBE Contributor:	Cecchini, Marco Giovanni
ISSN:	0163-6383
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:10
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:00
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.006
PubMed ID:	20400183
Web of Science ID:	000279080200008
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/1251 (FactScience: 202405)