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Edited by R. G. Barr, B. Hopkins & J. A. Green, MacKeith Press, London, 236 pages (hbk), £45.00, ISBN 1‐898683‐21‐2, 2000. Those involved professionally and personally with children will be only too aware of how frustrating and distressing prolonged crying of a child can be. Reading this book, I felt a sense of gratitude to the book's contributors, the results of whose efforts in some way help transform crying into an issue of fascination. The editors present a series of articles addressing crying behaviour with the purpose of illustrating how far ‘cry research’ has come. The content of the articles are organized around three primary themes: crying as a sign, a symptom and a signal. The book is ambitious, examining crying from a range of perspectives, including infants, toddlers and primates. Reviewing evidence addressing the question, ‘Can we hear the causes of crying?’, Gustafson et al . (Chapter 2) conclude that, in contrast to lay perceptions, the auditory pattern of crying alone does not provide enough information on which to judge the cause. They conclude that contextual information (e.g. when the baby last fed) is the more powerful determinant of cry interpretations. Craig et al . (Chapter 3)
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities – Wiley
Published: Mar 1, 2002
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