| Robustness of individual identity in the cries of human infants. | |
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PMID: 8112484 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This study investigated the possibility that one function of the human infant's cry is to convey individual identity across distance. Six-hundred adults, having been exposed to 30 s of an infant's crying, were asked to identify this infant on the basis of other, experimentally altered, cries. The cries were altered naturally by rerecording across distance in the out-of-doors, and artificially by bandpass filtering and temporal reorganization. The individuality of cries proved remarkably robust to degradation: Only when frequencies were limited to the range of 8 to 10 kHz was recognition performance significantly impaired. It is argued that the human infant's cry, a complex signal with multiple markers of individuality, may have among its functions the communication of infants' identities across distance. |
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Authors:
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G E Gustafson; J A Green; J W Cleland |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developmental psychobiology Volume: 27 ISSN: 0012-1630 ISO Abbreviation: Dev Psychobiol Publication Date: 1994 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1994-03-30 Completed Date: 1994-03-30 Revised Date: 2007-11-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0164074 Medline TA: Dev Psychobiol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-1020. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adolescent Attention* Auditory Perception* Crying / psychology* Discrimination Learning Female Humans Individuality* Infant Male Pitch Discrimination |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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HD22871/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; RR07176/RR/NCRR NIH HHS |
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