This got me thinking of what a wild experience that must be for a baby. And what a weird thing “peekaboo” is that we just do to babies and they love it and it’s so fun for both parties
Is this something that humans have done with their babies forever? Is this a type of oral tradition humans have adopted that transcends cultures?
Babies forget we were there, but love that we came back, and we get a dopamine hit from the smile they give us. It’s probably an evolutionary ancient game.
I haven’t read the link above, but do any other animals play like this? I think wolf pups and dogs might do this too, not to mention apes, bears, any probably most other non prey animals. Or animals that raise their young for any significant amount of time.
“I didn’t see it, so it must not exist” – world’s richest man; also infants under a year old who haven’t yet developed object permanence.
I dunno man, my 7 month old has at least an inkling of object permanence, so gotta bump that ager down to like 3-4 months old imo!
Mines coming up on 5 and still no idea i exist when we peekaboo
The should definitely have object permanence by age 5
Celebrating 5 decades of peekaboo thrills
5 months my dude
This got me thinking of what a wild experience that must be for a baby. And what a weird thing “peekaboo” is that we just do to babies and they love it and it’s so fun for both parties
Is this something that humans have done with their babies forever? Is this a type of oral tradition humans have adopted that transcends cultures?
I went looking and found this:
https://uwaterloo.ca/childrens-communication-lab/sites/default/files/uploads/files/fernald.peekaboo_1993.pdf
It is a really fun read and it seems peekaboo is a game played worldwide with parents and infants
Babies forget we were there, but love that we came back, and we get a dopamine hit from the smile they give us. It’s probably an evolutionary ancient game.
I haven’t read the link above, but do any other animals play like this? I think wolf pups and dogs might do this too, not to mention apes, bears, any probably most other non prey animals. Or animals that raise their young for any significant amount of time.