category: Mind

Why do babies whine?

Attachment based vocalization aka whining!

Steve speaks with Prof. Rose Sokol Chang about attachment based vocalization - whining! Rose tells us that whines are designed to elicit automatic and potentially stereotypical responses that would be advantageous to the whiner (e.g., an infant).

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