I've always wondered if simply observing people like this changes their behavior.
ljf 336 days ago [-]
We know that surveying teenagers about alcohol, drugs and sex makes them more likely to report that they have drunk, taken drugs and had sex in future surveys.
The question is we're they lying the first time, the 2nd time or did their behaviour actually change.
klysm 335 days ago [-]
I’m highly skeptical that this has been established with any real merit
ycombiredd 336 days ago [-]
I've never wondered until now wtf is infant-directed song?
ycombiredd 336 days ago [-]
oh oh! as in directed at lol.. sorry, it's early... I had visions of... nevermind.
aaronbrethorst 336 days ago [-]
I originally had the same thought. Toddlers will definitely make you invent songs, but it seems a little early for younger cohorts.
olddustytrail 336 days ago [-]
See, you think babies are just waving their arms, but they're actually conducting!
kgwxd 336 days ago [-]
Greendale Babies?
romaaeterna 336 days ago [-]
The Northern Aché have lost the ability to make fire and instruments, per Table 1.
Noumenon72 336 days ago [-]
That table also answers the question I was asking all the way through, "How do you know whether they lost singing to infants or never had it?" They split off from the Southern Ache, who still do it.
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The question is we're they lying the first time, the 2nd time or did their behaviour actually change.