Peter-Kahl/KMED-I-infant-cry-response-dyad-simulator
KMED-I models the newborn’s cry as the first epistemic event, simulating caregiver responses—fiduciary, inconsistent, neglectful, or silencing—and their impact on autonomy, dissonance tolerance, and dependence. A computational tool for developmental psychology, psychiatry, and epistemic theory.
KMED-I (Infancy): Cry–Response Dyad Simulator
This repository contains the official Python implementation of KMED-I (Infancy) — a simulation framework modelling the infant–caregiver cry–response dyad.
KMED-I formalises the newborn’s cry as the first epistemic event, extending the Kahl Model of Epistemic Dissonance (KMED) into developmental psychology. It models how caregiver policies—fiduciary, inconsistent, neglectful, or silencing—shape trajectories of:
- Epistemic Autonomy (EA) – persistence in signalling contradiction
- Dissonance Tolerance (DT) – capacity to withstand contradiction
- Dependence (D) – reliance on suppression versus recognition
The framework provides a computational tool for exploring epistemic clientelism, resilience, and trust, bridging intimate caregiving contexts with broader institutional and social applications.
Documentation & Usage
The script reproduces the simulations documented in the paper The newborn’s first cry as epistemic claim and foundation of psychological development (see below).
Requirements
- Python 3.9+
numpymatplotlib
Install dependencies via:
# install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
# or
pip install numpy matplotlibInstallation
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Peter-Kahl/KMED-I-infant-cry-response-dyad-simulator.git
cd KMED-I-infant-cry-response-dyad-simulator/srcLicense
- Code is released under the MIT License (see LICENSE).
- Accompanying paper and documentation are released under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0.
You may freely use, adapt, and extend the code for research and educational purposes. Please cite appropriately.
Citation
Please cite the paper and optionally the repository release tag:
- Kahl, P. (2025). The newborn’s first cry as epistemic claim and foundation of psychological development: Attachment, autonomy, and resilience. Lex et Ratio Ltd. GitHub: https://github.com/Peter-Kahl/The-Newborns-First-Cry-as-Epistemic-Claim-and-Foundation-of-Psychological-Development DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17265357
and
- Kahl, P. (2025). KMED-I (Infancy): Cry–Response Dyad Simulator (Version v1.1) [Computer software]. Lex et Ratio Ltd. GitHub. https://github.com/Peter-Kahl/KMED-I-infant-cry-response-dyad-simulator/releases/tag/v1.1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17293190