Communicative development: neonate crying reflects patterns of native-language speech

Curr Biol. 2009 Dec 15;19(23):R1078-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.035.

Author

Ian Cross¹

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Music and Science, Faculty of Music, West Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DP, UK. [email protected]

PMID: 20064408
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.035

Abstract

The crying behaviours of newborn infants are shown to be surprisingly sophisticated, reflecting generic prosodic features of their native languages.

MeSH terms

Auditory Perception
Crying / physiology*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Language*
Verbal Behavior