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Infant vocalizations: Contrasts between crying and laughter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Robert R. Provine*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD21250

Abstract:

Crying and laughter are innate, preverbal, species-typical vocalizations that have similarities and differences which are mutually illuminating.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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