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Cached, carried, or crèched

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Rosemarie Sokol  and
Nicholas S. Thompson
Rosemarie Sokol*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610
Nicholas S. Thompson*
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610
*
rsokol@clarku.edu
nthompson@clarku.edu
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Abstract:

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We believe that “caching” a baby would have been too great a danger in human prehistory, and thus could not serve as the context for prelinguistic vocalization. Rather, infants were most likely carried at all times. Thus, the question arises of why the cry of an infant is such a loud vocalization.

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Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 523
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004