+ Maps of our emotional lives
| | | | Parents are often led to think that they can, or even should, be able to tell what their baby needs just from the sound of their crying. Are they hungry, uncomfortable or windy? The good parent hears a different sound in each case and acts accordingly. A new book quashes this myth unceremoniously. As we learn from a bioacoustics specialist and 3,600 hours of recordings featuring infants screaming, screeching, babbling and cooing, you cannot tell why a baby is crying by listening to the sounds it is making. That doesn't mean parents can't learn what their children need, it just means they can stop pressuring themselves if they don't have an "instinct" for deciphering the language of crying. Moldova is holding pivotal elections on September 28 that could have major ramifications for Europe. The pro-European government has been in accession talks for several years but is now at risk of losing its parliamentary majority. It may therefore be forced into a coalition with a pro-Russia party to form a government. Find out how this situation has come about in our explainer. And in this wander through the world of psychogeography, we're considering the potential uses for maps of our lives. If we draw out a cartography of the places that matter to us, what can we learn about ourselves? And if we flip the process over and draw maps of people with shared conditions or experiences, what might we learn about our societies? The possibilities are endless. |  | Laura Hood Senior Politics Editor, London | |  Nicolas Mathevon, Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Étienne Is it possible to interpret babies' cries in order to understand their needs accurately? | | |  Amy Eaglestone, Leiden University If Moldova pivots towards Moscow after its next election, this will leave Ukraine and other European nations exposed. | |  Carlos Ferrás Sexto, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Combining psychology and geography has huge potential for improving mental health services. |  Putu Agus Khorisantono, Karolinska Institutet; Janina Seubert, Karolinska Institutet Our latest study showed that taste and smell were both found to activate a region of the brain important for taste, hunger and thirst. | |  Zuzanna Staniszewska, ESCP Business School; Géraldine Galindo, ESCP Business School Female leaders are under pressure to excel, professionally and personally, without showing weakness or strain. A milestone in psychology describes a potential consequence. | | | | | -
Natalia Brandín de la Cruz, Universidad San Jorge; Lorena Morcillo Martínez, Universidad San Jorge; Sandra Calvo, Universidad de Zaragoza This common condition is characterised by involuntary muscle spasms. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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