What a baby can do may be considered trivial for adults because the baby has not been able to keep up with adult conversations. But actually the baby can prove his cleverness. After scientists found a way to uncover the baby's abilities, it turns out that babies have many brain abilities that are quite intelligent and amazing.
What amazing abilities are there in the baby's brain?
Here are 9 amazing abilities of the baby's brain as quoted from LiveScience, Wednesday (03/14/2012) among others:
1. Know who has a higher position
From the age of 10 months, babies know and understand things that are quite right. Research published in the journal Science shows babies understand social hierarchy and know the measures that can determine who is responsible.
2. Understand the emotional expression of the dog
Even before the baby can say the words 'mama' and 'papa', the baby has been able to decipher and understand the dog's emotions. A 2009 study found 6-month-old babies have been able to show appropriate body language.
"Emotions are one of the first things babies can capture in the social world," said lead researcher Ross Flom, a professor of psychology at Brigham Young University, Utah.
The study was published in the journal Developmental Psychology.
3. Understand moods and emotions
While the baby still can't speak, he or she may know when an adult is feeling down. Around the age of 5 months, babies can accurately choose a song that can evoke positive emotions.
This is based on the results of a study that has been published in 2010 in the journal Neuron. At 9 months of age, babies can also identify the sad sounds of some songs.
4. Can dance to the rhythm of music
Speaking of music, babies can't if they don't react when they hear the music. Not only can the baby's ears follow the beat, the baby can actually dance. This is based on the results of a study published in 2010.
Babies can perform dance movements with their hands, feet and bodies according to the rhythm or strain of music. The ability to dance is innate in humans, although researchers aren't sure why it evolved.
The results of the study have been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
5. Imitate the actions of others
A 2009 study revealed that when a 9-month-old baby sees an adult as an object, the motor region in the baby's brain is activated as if it were actually doing so.
The study researchers showed that mirror neurons play a role. Babies have predictive abilities that can help them respond to other people's actions. This is based on the results of research that has been published in the journal Biology Letters.
6. Learn quickly during sleep
According to a 2010 study, babies can apparently learn even while sleeping. This is based on the results of research conducted by researchers involving 26 sleeping babies.
"As newborns spend most of their time sleeping, such abilities may be important for being able to quickly adapt to the world around them and help to ensure the baby's survival," the researchers said.
The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
7. Babies can understand the sounds aimed at them
In a 2006 study, babies as young as 7 months old could understand the sounds or sounds aimed at them. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
8. Can distinguish two different languages
A 2007 study published in the journal Science showed that babies ages 4-6 months can spend more time seeing people who speak to them say sentences in different languages.
This shows that babies can distinguish between the two languages. Some research results show that babies begin to understand grammar, grammar processing and words simultaneously at 15 months of age.
"Newborns can be said to be intelligent in language because babies have the ability to easily learn one of the world's languages," said psychologist George Hollich of Purdue University.
9. Can judge people's character quite well
Classifying others as helpful or dangerous is very important when choosing friends. And this ability can be possessed since infancy.
The ability to assess character can be the baby's first step in moral formation. This is based on the results of research that has been published in 2007 in the journal Nature. (del/ir).
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