| Literature DB >> 16185829 |
Kiyobumi Kawakami1, Kiyoko Takai-Kawakami, Masaki Tomonaga, Juri Suzuki, Tomiyo Kusaka, Takashi Okai.
Abstract
To present fundamental data, spontaneous smiles and spontaneous laughs (smiles accompanied by vocal sounds) were cross-sectionally observed in 10 newborn infants and longitudinally observed in six infants. Unilateral spontaneous smiles were more common than bilateral smiles in neonates, but by 2 months almost all spontaneous smiles were bilateral. All spontaneous laughs were bilateral. "Spontaneous smile" and "Spontaneous laugh" might be different behaviors from the beginning.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16185829 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.07.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Early Hum Dev ISSN: 0378-3782 Impact factor: 2.079