Contagious crying beyond the first days of life

Geangu, Elena; Benga, Oana; Ståhl, Daniel; Striano, Tricia

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2010.03.004

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“…Overall, yawning is probably involved in the circadian and homeostatic control of sleep and wakefulness. Contagious yawning, on the other hand, is thought to be based on the activity of mirror neurons, with the purpose of synchronizing and regulating the behavior of cohabitant individuals, similarly to contagious laughing and crying (Geangu, Benga, Stahl, & Striano, 2010). In this view, the urge to yawn when another does so would stimulate regions involved in theory of mind and empathy, such as the cingulate cortex (Platek, Mohamed, & Gallup, 2005) Abstract: Investigations into the neurobiological substrates underlying urge are important for developing better understanding and treatment for impulse-control disorders.…”

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On the functional anatomy of the urge-for-action

Jackson

Parkinson

Kim

et al. 2011

Cognitive Neuroscience

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Several common neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g., obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome (TS), autistic spectrum disorder) are associated with unpleasant bodily sensations that are perceived as an urge for action. Similarly, many of our everyday behaviors are also characterized by bodily sensations that we experience as urges for action. Where do these urges originate? In this paper, we consider the nature and the functional anatomy of "urges-for-action," both in the context of everyday behaviors such as yawning, swallowing, and micturition, and in relation to clinical disorders in which the urge-for-action is considered pathological and substantially interferes with activities of daily living (e.g., TS). We review previous frameworks for thinking about behavioral urges and demonstrate that there is considerable overlap between the functional anatomy of urges associated with everyday behaviors such as swallowing, yawning, and micturition, and those urges associated with the generation of tics in TS. Specifically, we show that the limbic sensory and motor regions--insula and mid-cingulate cortex--are common to all of these behaviors, and we argue that this "motivation-for-action" network should be considered distinct from an "intentional action" network, associated with regions of premotor and parietal cortex, which may be responsible for the perception of "willed intention" during the execution of goal-directed actions.Keywords: Urge; Urge-for-action; Habit; Insula; Tourette syndrome; Action.Many of our everyday behaviors are characterized by bodily sensations that we experience either as an urge or a desire for action. For instance, we may experience a sensation that our bladder is full that is accompanied, to a greater or lesser extent, by an urge or desire to urinate (micturate). In extreme cases, this sense of fullness can be quite uncomfortable and the urge to urinate can be hard to suppress. Similarly, we may experience a tickle in our throat that is associated with an urge to cough or to swallow that can also be difficult to suppress voluntarily.However, not all urges for action are necessarily preceded by bodily sensations of which we are aware. For example, we may suddenly experience a strong urge to yawn, or even find ourselves yawning, without being aware of a sensory "trigger" for the action. In this paper, we consider the nature and the functional anatomy of these "urges-for-action," both in the context of everyday behaviors such as yawning, swallowing, and urinating, and in relation to clinical disorders in which the urgefor-action is considered pathological and substantially COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, 2011, 2 (3-4), Commentaries, and Reply) Correspondence should be addressed to: Stephen R. Jackson, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. E-mail: stephen.jackson@nottingham.ac.uk This research was supported in part by grants from the Medical Research Council (G0901321), and by the WCU (World Class University) program through the National Research Foundatio...

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On the functional anatomy of the urge-for-action

Jackson

Parkinson

Kim

et al. 2011

Cognitive Neuroscience

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“…Both age groups exhibited a Lombard effect of a similar magnitude, indicating that in humans, the origin of the Lombard effect is earlier than 3 years of age. A study on crying behaviour of human infants showed that 1-month-old infants cried louder in the presence of cries from other infants (Geangu et al, 2010). This study suggests that humans might also feature a very early onset of the Lombard effect.…”

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The Lombard effect emerges early in young bats: Implications for the development of audio-vocal integration

Luo

Lingner

Firzlaff

et al. 2016

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Auditory feedback plays an important role in vocal learning and, more generally, in fine-tuning the acoustic features of communication signals. So far, only a few studies have assessed the developmental onset of auditory feedback. The Lombard effect, a well-studied audiovocal phenomenon, refers to an increase in vocal loudness of a subject in response to an increase in background noise. Here, we studied the time course of the Lombard effect in developing bats, Phyllostomus discolor. We show that infant bats produced louder vocalizations in noise than in silence at an age of only 2 weeks. In contrast, the infant bats' morphology and vocalizations changed gradually until 2 months of age. Furthermore, we found that the Lombard magnitude, i.e. how much the bats increased their vocal loudness in noise relative to silence, correlated positively with the age of the infant bats. We conclude that the Lombard effect features an early developmental origin, indicating a fast maturation of the underlying neural circuits for audio-vocal feedback.

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“…One of the earliest manifestations of emotional contagion in humans is the well-documented phenomenon of newborn infants crying in response to hearing the cry of another infant, referred to as contagious crying (Simner 1971). Contagious crying begins soon after birth and extends throughout at least the first year of life (Geangu et al 2010). Although it is improbable that infants have a cognitive understanding of the internal state of another crying infant, developmental research suggests that contagious crying represents a crude form of emotional contagion.…”

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Empathy for the Stressed

White

Buchanan

2016

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

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Stress is associated with reliable behavioral responses that may be observed by other people. The experience of stress should therefore be easily identified by and potentially shared between individuals under stress and those around them. Considerable research has focused on the physiology and psychology of empathy to better understand how we come to understand the pain of others. Recently, researchers have begun to examine how stress may lead to empathic responses. In the present article, we begin with a selective review on empathy, including physiological, emotional, and cognitive components, followed by an introduction to recent research on empathy for stress. We conclude the article by describing some of the outstanding questions that should be addressed to gain a better understanding of how the stress of others influences our own physiology and behavior.

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Contagious crying beyond the first days of life

Cited by 137 publications

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On the functional anatomy of the urge-for-action

On the functional anatomy of the urge-for-action

The Lombard effect emerges early in young bats: Implications for the development of audio-vocal integration

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