As a bioacoustics researcher, I have spent years studying the communication of animals – from the soft calls of crocodile nestlings synchronizing their hatching and pushing the parent to dig the nest, ...

If the sound of a baby crying gets you red in the face, you're not just imagining things. A new study has found that an infant's cries – particularly those that signal pain – really do trigger a hot ...

A new study found that the cries of human babies, especially when expressing pain, carry unique acoustic features that make them particularly difficult for adults to ignore. Researchers from France’s ...

The sound slices through the quiet of the night: a muffled sob, then a hiccup, quickly escalating into a high-pitched, frantic wail. For any parent or caregiver, this is a familiar, urgent call to ...

Nicolas Mathevon has received funding from the ANR, IUF, and Fondation des Mutuelles AXA. The sound slices through the quiet of the night: a muffled sob, then a hiccup, quickly escalating into a ...

The most beautiful part of pregnancy is the birth of your baby, and that very first cry. In that moment, all the pain you went through feels worthwhile. But did you know your baby’s first cry is more ...

When you’re preparing to become a parent, you know that hearing your baby cry will be part of the experience. What you may not be ready for is hours and hours of crying that can’t be soothed in the ...

Minister Perry investigates the human response to emotional and physical pain in this fascinating debut. Crying, the author suggests, “brings clarity, for through our tears we see what truly matters” ...