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Babies on the Brink

submitted by ant

9 years 7 months 3 weeks ago

"Since the 1960s, developmental psychologists point to the 'Visual Cliff'—an experiment that plops babies on a fake precipice—as proof that infants learn to fear heights as they learn to crawl. Yet, over the past 25 years, a series of rigorous (and adorable) experiments by Karen Adolph of NYU's Infant Action Lab has shattered this myth, revealing that while babies can learn from experiences near high ledges or narrow bridges, it's not a phobia they acquire..."

From http://boingboing.net/2015/04/06/babies-on-the-brink-do-infant.html ...

3 Comments

Sniper007 says...

Maybe the babies are also learning that there is always a loving caring person who's arms are inches away from them at all times, so they can do what they want with complete abandon?

oohlalasassoon

says...

Pity the poor kids in the control group.

Trancecoach

says...

"Learning to perceive the relations between their bodies and the environment."

And that is the basis of ancient yoga, albeit with a deeper understanding of what constitutes the body and what constitutes the environment.