Are cry studies replicable? An analysis of participants, procedures, and methods adopted and reported in studies of infant cries

Infant cry is evolutionarily, psychologically, and clinically significant. Over the last half century, several researchers and clinicians have investigated acoustical properties of infant cry for medical purposes. However, this literature suffers a lack of standardization in conducting and report...

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Main Authors: Gabrieli, Giulio, Scapin, Giulia, Bornstein, Marc H., Esposito, Gianluca
其他作者: School of Social Sciences
格式: Article
語言:English
出版: 2020
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在線閱讀:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143327
https://doi.org/10.21979/N9/UDQBEK
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總結:Infant cry is evolutionarily, psychologically, and clinically significant. Over the last half century, several researchers and clinicians have investigated acoustical properties of infant cry for medical purposes. However, this literature suffers a lack of standardization in conducting and reporting cry-based studies. In this work, methodologies and procedures employed to analyze infant cry are reviewed and best practices for reporting studies are provided. First, available literatures on vocal and audio acoustic analysis are examined to identify critical aspects of participant information, data collection, methods, and data analysis. Then, 180 peer-reviewed research articles have been assessed to certify the presence of critical information. Results show a general lack of critical description. Researchers in the field of infant cry need to develop a consensual standard set of criteria to report experimental studies to ensure the validity of their methods and results.