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On the utility of an evolutionary approach to infant crying

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Rebecca M. Wood
Rebecca M. Wood*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT06050
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woodre@ccsu.edu
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Abstract:

Soltis' analysis of signal functions of young infants' cries stimulates testable questions regarding abuse, neglect, and infanticide. Nevertheless, his evolutionary perspective oversimplifies the cry event, and does little to promote developmental analysis of crying during infancy. Studies of the cry in its behavioral and developmental context are needed if we are to understand the proximate causes of optimal and suboptimal care.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 475 - 476
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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