Science news articles about 'baby cry'

... their own baby, identified through MRI brain scans two to four weeks after delivery. ... delivery (VD) mothers are more sensitive to own baby-cry in the regions of the brain that are believed to regulate ...

... he said. In fact, they found little difference in the reaction of the mothers' brains to their own babies' crying face compared to that of an unknown child. Overall, the mothers responded much more ...

The early seeds of language can be heard in the sound of crying babies.

Finding may help shed light on postpartum depression in those choosing Caesareans

Hungry felines hide a high-pitched meow in their purrs to get their owners' attention

... . "There's a distinct difference between analyzing sound to extract meaning — Is that a cat meowing, a baby crying or a man singing? — versus the startle reflex triggered by a thunderclap or other ...