If the sound of a baby crying gets you red in the face, you're not just imagining things. A new study has found that an infant's cries – particularly those that signal pain – really do trigger a hot ...

An app that can differentiate between a variety of crying sounds made by babies has been developed by Taiwanese researchers. The Infant Cries Translator was developed at the National Taiwan University ...

Ever wondered why it is so difficult to ignore the sound of a crying baby when you are trapped aboard a train or aeroplane? Scientists have found that our brains are hard-wired to respond strongly to ...

Young children pick up the languages and accents spoken by their parents when they start learning to talk. But it appears the language spoken by a mother can also affect how her baby cries. Scientists ...