Bringing Up Baby

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Bababa, dadada, ahgaga. Got that? Babies are speaking to us all the time, but most of us have no clue what they're saying. To us non-babies, it all sounds like charming, mysterious gobbledegook. To researchers, though, babbling conveys important information about a baby's readiness to learn. This week, we'll revisit a favorite episode exploring the language and behavior of the newest members of the human family. If you like this show, please check out our new podcast, My Unsung Hero! And if you'd like to support our work, you can do so at support.hiddenbrain.org.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta.
0:02.9	There's a video on YouTube you might have seen.
0:05.3	It has nearly 200 million views.
0:08.7	In this video, a pair of twin brothers are standing in a kitchen, having a little chat.
0:18.3	These twin brothers,
0:22.5	a diaper clad,
0:25.0	babies.
0:25.6	Now, if this video featured 10-year-old twins or adult twins, I guarantee you it wouldn't have gone viral.
0:34.6	What makes this video special is that we have no clue what these babies are saying.
0:42.6	To us non babies, it sounds like Goblety Gook.
0:45.2	Cute, mysterious, Goblety Gook.
0:49.0	Goblet, Goblet, Goblet, Goblet.
0:51.0	Goblet, Goblet, Goblet.
0:54.0	Here at Hidden Brain, we love trying to understand the puzzles and contradictions of human behavior.
0:59.0	But we spend most of our time talking about the older members of the human race.
1:04.0	Today, we focus on the younger set.
1:09.0	The much younger set.
1:12.0	I find babies are so impressive. We can't really ask them what they're thinking.
1:15.0	We have to come up with clever ways of figuring out what's going on in their little brains.
1:19.0	Later in the show, we'll hear from a researcher who says parents are often misguided
1:24.0	when they try to steer their children's lives.
1:26.0	If you just do the right things, get the right skills, read the right books.
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