FeaturedNeuroscience·August 8, 2022·4 min readDeciphering a Baby’s Cries of Pain Is Not an Innate Ability and Must Be LearnedA human's ability to interpret the cries of a baby in pain isn't innate but learned from experience.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 20, 2022·4 min readNew Research Challenges Established Ideas About Infant CryingThe duration of a baby's crying decreases significantly after five weeks of age, but crying remains an important part of a child's communication repertoire after the age of six months.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 6, 2019·3 min readFussy, hungry, or even in pain? Scientists create an AI tool to tell babies’ cries apartA new deep learning algorithm, based on automatic speech recognition, is able to accurately identify features in an infant's cry and differentiate between normal versus abnormal cry signals.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 21, 2016·5 min readExecutive Power in the Nursery: How a Baby’s Cry Rattles Our Executive FunctionsAccording the researchers, a baby's cry not only commands our attention, it also has an effect on how adults complete cognitive tasks.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·August 24, 2015·4 min readThe Perks of Shedding a Tear: Investigating the Effect of Crying on MoodAccording to a new study, crying helps to elevate mood following an emotional event.Read More