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I don't know about an LSD trip but I've often wondered what exactly a baby perceives while in the womb or as a newborn. Their brains aren't just sitting there a

by skc 8y ago

I don't know about an LSD trip but I've often wondered what exactly a baby perceives while in the womb or as a newborn. Their brains aren't just sitting there as a blank state so they are experiencing something. I wouldn't at all be surprised if it's very trippy seeing as infants have literally nothing to hold onto to define reality as we see it. I often watched my newborn staring off into empty space clearly perceiving /something/

Cthulhu_ 8y ago
Whatever it is, they remember it subconsciously - shushing a baby (like the calming type) and rocking (also works for adults) reminds them - subconsciously - of the sound of the mother's blood flow and movements.
paidleaf 8y ago
> I don't know about an LSD trip but I've often wondered what exactly a baby perceives while in the womb or as a newborn. I don't think they "consciously" perceive anything. But "unconsciously", we know that they perceive the mother's voice, smell, etc. They recognize words in the womb and they even react to it in the womb. And after birth, babies' prefer their mother's voice ( probably an evolutionary benefit ) over other people's voices. It's why a mother's voice has a calming/soothing effect on babies. It's pretty much trained in the womb to associate the mother's voice with safety and comfort and nourishment. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/08/babies-learn-recognize-words-womb http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/08/babies-learn-recogniz...