Is crying a self-soothing behavior?

This contribution describes the current state-of-the-art of the scientific literature regarding the self-soothing effects of crying. Starting from the general hypothesis that crying is a self-soothing behavior, we consider different mechanisms through which these effects may appear. In the first sec...

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Main Authors: Asmir eGračanin, Lauren M Bylsma, Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00502/full