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From an undifferentiated cry towards a modulated signal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Johannes Lehtonen
Johannes Lehtonen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Kuopio, and the University Hospital of Kuopio, FIN-70211Kuopio, Finlandwww.uku.fiwww.kuh.fi
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[email protected]
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Abstract:

The colic cry as a signal of undifferentiated vigour, and not a disease, is good news. This hypothesis also has neurobiological perspectives. Feeding increases the pain threshold of the infant and has an effect on its brain functions. These may contribute, by neurobiological mechanisms, to the gradual decline in the tendency for excessive crying during the first months of life.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 467
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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