Tuesday, July 28, 2009
BOBS EYE VIEW
THREE DOG NIGHT
Recent studies have shown that human babies are smarter than that person's dog. Research has revealed that 2 and 3-year old babies can out-perform adult dogs at picking up on directional signaling.
Babies also "get" dogs pretty quickly. A study published in the journal Developmental Psychology (I love their centerfold) found that infants just 6 months old can accurately distinguish between the friendly yap and the angry snarl of a dog.
An experiment was conducted where 6-month old babies were placed in front of two pictures of a dog - one showing a hostile stance and one showing a friendly stance. A recording was played in which aggressive barks and friendly barks were presented in random order. The babies got it almost immediately.
They spent nearly all of their time in the chair looking at the dog whose stance matched the tone of the barking they were hearing.
When babies were placed on a chair and watched a recording of Rush Limbaugh, they simultaneously threw up and pooped in their diapers, which proves that babies are even smarter than we give them credit for.
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY.
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