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!
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/
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.which will alert the rest of the tribe
…of babies? awww!
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Like the videos where they throw cheese slices on crying babies foreheads. They instantly stop crying (for just a moment probably)
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
I think when babies are scared, they usually just cry and hope someone protects them
Its almost like the only thing babies are good at is calling for help very loudly.
Babies have basically 2 responses to being scared:
- cry
- freeze
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.
Checkout yt videos of people throwing cheese at crying babies
Not a sentence I thought I’d ever read.
The sleep deprivation of early parenthood does a lot to break you of social norms.
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)
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.)
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… 👀
My mom later told me there was (allegedly) a lot of kidnappings in China and I could’ve gotten kidnapped… 👀
Well that’s scary, glad you are safe through!
I don’t think it ends at fight/flight
Fight Flight Fawn Freeze Flop
Fight Flight Fawn Freeze Flop
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…
*either
thanks, always learning (not a native)
Technically adults can’t take to flight either, if you interpret it literally. 😌
If that’s true, why am I picking up my aunt at the airport this afternoon?
there are regulations and stuff, she’s not a bird, she can’t just land anywhere
Not with that attitude.
Is she the plane?
uh, they are potatoes
do potatoes have fight-or-flight response?
Would make sense. They can’t do either yet, but it has to form at some point to be usable later.
Is it just me that thinks babies are creepy as fuck? They scare me. Tiny people larva. Gross.
Try one of the questions communities. This isn’t a showerthought
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)
