Ready for action: a role for the human midbrain in responding to infant vocalizations.
Infant vocalizations are among the most biologically salient sounds in the environment and can draw the listener to the infant rapidly in both times of distress and joy. A region of the midbrain, the periaqueductal gray (PAG), has long been implicated in the control of urgent, survival-related behav...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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