Don't test that. Seriously. I hate you just for thinking about testing it. In fact, go off the internet and make a baby happy, now!
Don't test that. Seriously. I hate you just for thinking about testing it. In fact, go off the internet and make a baby happy, now!
31 Comments
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 40 pts · 130d
They probably do, in a way.
The typical reaction of a baby will be to start crying loudly, which will alert the rest of the tribe that will then make life uncomfortable for the offender. So part of a more complex social fight response.
I have also seen babys suddenly become very quite and lay completely still when startled by a situation that confuses them and that they can't sort out yet.
Seems to me to be some kind of hide response, nearest they can do to taking flight.
netvor@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 130d
...of babies? awww!
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 130d
Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 130d
Like the videos where they throw cheese slices on crying babies foreheads. They instantly stop crying (for just a moment probably)
homes@piefed.world · 22 pts · 130d
Technically yes, but it’s unformed. Early studies currently are looking into how this may lead to early formation of anxiety disorders.
But we don’t really know for sure
Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 130d
Babies have basically 2 responses to being scared:
They serve a similar purpose as fight or flight, where crying would alert the parents and they moght fight, and freezing might avoid the fight, essentially flight.
Checkout yt videos of people throwing cheese at crying babies, they are essentially confusing the baby to a point of freezeing, similar to how they might react to a bew and unfamiliar danger.
kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 130d
Not a sentence I thought I'd ever read.
cynar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 129d
The sleep deprivation of early parenthood does a lot to break you of social norms.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 130d
A baby might not be able to, but 6 year old me ran away from home when my older brother was chasing me around the apartment and I felt scared and like... I just ran for the door...
was outside wandaring for hours...
scariest day of my life...
(mom called the police and they were just searching the neighborhood)
netvor@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 130d
Scary stuff. I hope it ended well.
... wait, dd it? Have they found you? Or are you still wandering the streets right now? (Blink twice if you need help.)
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 130d
lmfao...
that was like nearly 2 decades ago, yea I got scared eventually and went back home... I still have that mental image of being in that plaza and walking towards the direction of home, and saw mom with a bunch of cops just looking around, then my mom saw me
it was before my family emigrated, when we were in Guangzhou, China
My mom later told me there was (allegedly) a lot of kidnappings in China and I could've gotten kidnapped... 👀
MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 130d
Well that's scary, glad you are safe through!
billwashere@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 129d
No because the neural systems for those defenses are still too immature. The have a startle reflex called the Moro reflex but it isn’t quite the same thing.
Here is some more info you might find interesting https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7914291/
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 130d
I don't think it ends at fight/flight
Fight Flight Fawn Freeze Flop
netvor@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 130d
You're right!
but It's Fight Flight Fawn Freeze Flop Fart
I'm 46 so the last one is becoming my favorite. Just fart and walk away...
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 129d
I think when babies are scared, they usually just cry and hope someone protects them
roofuskit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 129d
Its almost like the only thing babies are good at is calling for help very loudly.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 130d
Technically adults can't take to flight either, if you interpret it literally. 😌
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 130d
If that's true, why am I picking up my aunt at the airport this afternoon?
netvor@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 130d
there are regulations and stuff, she's not a bird, she can't just land anywhere
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 130d
Not with that attitude.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 130d
Is she the plane?
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 130d
*either
netvor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 130d
thanks, always learning (not a native)
markz@suppo.fi · 3 pts · 130d
Would make sense. They can't do either yet, but it has to form at some point to be usable later.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 2 pts · 130d
Is it just me that thinks babies are creepy as fuck? They scare me. Tiny people larva. Gross.
webp@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 130d
uh, they are potatoes
netvor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 130d
do potatoes have fight-or-flight response?
cravl@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 128d
So I (should be unsurprisingly) found a video essay about it. Apparently the answer is yes…?
Random Dan - Do Plants Have A Fight Flight Freeze Response?
netvor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 128d
wow, fascinating.
(i watched the video to the end; i know it's Monday afternoon and i still have work to do but I deserve it!)
Mothra@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 130d
Try one of the questions communities. This isn't a showerthought
netvor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 130d
i was considering NSQ but did not mean it as a "serious" question but rather a funny observation.
on a second thought, you might be right.
on a third thought, i don't want to overthink this
on a fourth thought, if it's inappropriate for this forum i'm perfectly fine (no bad blood) with flagging/removing it, but i'm also not willing to re-post it again soo...
(and you are right, no, i was not in shower when i thought of this)