Frühere Untersuchungen ergaben, dass Männer von Frauen so wahrscheinlich waren, dass sie durch jammernde Säuglinge geweckt wurden. Eine neue Studie ergab, dass der Schrei eines verzweifelten Babys sowohl bei Männern als auch bei Frauen eine schnelle emotionale Reaktion auslöst, die ausreicht, um es körperlich heißer zu machen.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/10/babies-cries-can-make-humans-physically-hotter-research-finds
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I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2025.0150
From the linked article:
Babies’ cries can make humans physically hotter, research finds
When in distress, babies produce chaotic wails which have pronounced effects on humans, including changes in facial temperature
**The cry of a distressed baby triggers a rapid emotional response in both men and women that is enough to make them physically hotter, researchers say.**
Thermal imaging revealed that people experienced a rush of blood to the face that raised the temperature of their skin when they were played recordings of babies wailing.
The effect was stronger and more synchronised when babies were more distressed, leading them to produce more chaotic and disharmonious cries. The work suggests that humans respond automatically to specific features in cries that ramp up when babies are in pain.
Writing in Journal of The Royal Society Interface, the scientists describe how NLP in babies’ cries produces an automatic response in men and women, suggesting people pick up on the acoustic features to distinguish between babies that are merely unhappy and those in real pain.
The study follows work last month from researchers in Denmark that challenges the claim that women are hardwired to wake up more easily than men when a baby starts crying. **It found that men were as likely as women to be woken by wailing infants, despite mothers being three times more likely to get up and tend to the child.**
The moment I heard a whimper I snapped awake, even before my wife. I could sleep through storms, road work, etc. but the slightest little cry and i would be insta-awake.
When my partner and I have our baby granddaughter to stay, it’s me (the man) who has the baby monitor because I’m much more likely to be woken by it. I’m also better at being instantly alert without the aid of coffee.
Anecdotal point of view from a man..but in my case I react completely differently to a baby crying after having a child with my wife.
Prior to children I was more indifferent to a crying baby. After having children I’m very much triggered by a crying baby and want to help.
I was on „night shift“ for my daughter’s newborn period of life. It is crazy how many women think men shouldn’t be that involved and use pop science to defend it
Do you mean that past research found men to be less likely? Otherwise this study just confirms previous research.
Torturing people…for science!