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Peer reviewedDondi, Marco; Simion, Francesca; Caltran, Giovanna – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Two experiments tested whether newborns could discriminate their own and another newborn's cry. Results indicated that awake newborns expressed facial distress more frequently and longer to another newborn's cry than to their own. Sucking decreased significantly between pretest phase and first minute of another infant's cry. Asleep infants'…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Crying, Discrimination Learning, Emotional Response
