How does previous experience of care and depression levels in a normative population affect infant sounds’ emotional processing in non-parent adults?

The current study investigates how previous experience of care and depression levels in a normative population affect infant sounds’ emotional processing in non-parent adults. The experiment has two phases. First, we asked participants to fill out self-report questionnaires on topics including; anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, alexithymia, noise sensitivity, empathy, caregiving, and positive and negative affective states. Second, we measured those participants’ behavioural responses to infant cries. The study aims to find a correlation between psychological well-being, past experiences of care, and the perception of infant crying.