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Infant colic: Re-evaluating the adaptive hypotheses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2005

Dario Maestripieri  and
Kristina M. Durante
Dario Maestripieri*
Affiliation:
Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL60637http://primate.uchicago.edu/dario.htmhttp://primate.uchicago.edu/kristina.htm
Kristina M. Durante*
Affiliation:
Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL60637http://primate.uchicago.edu/dario.htmhttp://primate.uchicago.edu/kristina.htm
*
dario@uchicago.edu
kdurante@uchicago.edu
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Abstract:

Colic may allow infants to obtain additional investment from their parents. The lack of clear fitness costs of colic and of differences in condition between colicky and non-colicky infants is inconsistent with the hypotheses that colic is an honest signal of need or vigor. These and other characteristics of colic, however, are consistent with the hypothesis that colic is a manipulative signal.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 468 - 469
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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