How babies think about danger | Shari Liu

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🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Are babies oblivious to danger? It's not that simple, says cognitive scientist Shari Liu. Sharing surprising insights from studies of early human development, Liu highlights the unexpected ways babies perceive and respond to risky situations — and what these findings could unravel about the inner workings of our minds.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:03.0	Hey listeners, it's
0:10.0	Hey listeners, it's Ted Health and I'm Dr. Shoshana Unger.
0:14.0	I'd like to invite you to step into the shoes of a one-year-old
0:19.0	and see the world through their curious little eyes.
0:23.0	Far from being just cute and clueless,
0:26.0	these little humans actually display
0:28.4	an astonishing level of awareness and intelligence.
0:32.3	In her 2022 TEDX MIT Talk, psychologist Sherry Lou takes us on a journey into the minds of babies, exploring
0:41.6	their understanding of dangerous situations.
0:44.6	In her talk, Sherry reveals how even the youngest, among us, interact with and interpret the
0:50.3	complexities of the world around them.
0:52.6	She argues that these discoveries aren't just about babies.
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1:34.0	So today I'm here to talk to you about babies and they're understanding the world.
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