Babies know when Adults lie

Do not lie in front of the 18-month-old baby. They are able to recognize the difference between the mimic face and the attitude shown by the adults around them. These findings are derived from baby greatness research on 92 infants aged 15-18 months in Montreal, Canada.

In a lab setting, the babies watched as an actor went through several scenarios in which emotional reactions went with or against pantomimed experiences. (Picture from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/)

"Adults often protects baby from difficult situation by installing mimic happy, but baby knows his stuff actually. Since the age of 18 months, they already understand emotionally what appears if there is anything new," said Diane Poulin-Dubois doing this research together with Sabrina Chirella.

Research result of the two psychologists of Concordia University whose was published in the journal Infancy: The Official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies, on October 2013 edition. In their study, the babies watched as an actor went through several scenarios in which emotional reactions went with or against pantomimed experiences.

In one scenario, the researcher showed a mismatched emotion by being sad when presented with a desired toy. In another, she expressed an emotion that went with the experience by reacting in pain when pretending to hurt her finger.

15-month-old infants showed no reaction in two different scenarios. Together they show empathy through his face to mimic the people they see grieving heart. At this point, their ability to recognize facial expressions and emotional experience yet to develop.

But when the 18-month-old, infants can recognize facial expressions that do not fit with the incident caused. They look upon the face of the older researchers, and turn see the nurse more frequently to gauge reaction from people they trust.

Baby even show empathy when they are sad mimic believe he sees. And it only happens when researchers really are in a sad condition. Attention to mimic baby sad face is adaptive behavior. "The ability to recognize the feelings of sadness and gave reactions have evolutionary implications," he said. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SCIENCEDAILY | GABRIEL TITIYOGA | KORAN TEMPO 4380]

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