Dysphonic newborn cries allow prediction of their perceived meaning

摘要: Can adults attribute different meanings to the cries produced by newborns on basis of physical-acoustic cues in communication conditions? In order test this hypothesis, 20 females were asked evaluate (according four scales: anguish, anger, annoyance, care-seeking) 24 from 12 healthy full-term (4-7h old): 6 previously exposed tactile (Group 1); without 2). Annoyance category was not reliable and it excluded analyses. The attributed a higher rate anger anguish Group 2, care-seeking 1. They 1, undifferentiated 2. Consistent with bivariate analyses, Dysphonic Cry strongest predictor anger/anguish. Although Hyperphonic quantitatively relevant, its absence first for care-seeking.