Babies with morals expect adult help

• Autores: Anil Ananthaswamy
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3169, 2018, pág. 15
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A study conducted by Renee Baillargeon at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her colleagues presenting the playing videos to babies aged 4 months and 12 months to understand how humans develop moral beliefs, the need to know not just whether babies prefer those who help others, but also whether they expect such behaviour is discussed. It is well known that when infants are surprised by something that doesn't follow their expectations, they spend longer looking at it. The team found that the infants stared significantly longer at the video in which the woman ignored the baby suggesting they expected her to comfort it (Cognitive Psychology) to comfort it and the result tells the first draft of human moral cognition includes expectations about other people's welfare, states Baillargeon