Pediatrics

New comparison chart sheds light on babies' tears

A chart that enables parents and clinicians to calculate if a baby is crying more than it should in the first three months of its life has been created by a Kingston University London researcher, following a study of colic ...

Genetics

Study identifies 'night owl' gene variant

If you've been a night owl all your life and mornings are your nemesis, you may be able to blame a gene mutation for all those late nights.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Cry analyzer seeks clues to babies' health

To parents, a baby's cry is a signal of hunger, pain, or discomfort. But to scientists, subtle acoustic features of a cry, many of them imperceptible to the human ear, can hold important information about a baby's health.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Fear, anger or pain: Why do babies cry?

(Medical Xpress)—Spanish researchers have studied adults' accuracy in the recognition of the emotion causing babies to cry. Eye movement and the dynamic of the cry play a key role in recognition.

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