The study found that the babies who looked at the unexpected events the longest were the same ones whose parents rated them as most-curious in an information-seeking and problem-solving way. (They would have liked to bring them back to the lab after they turned 3-years-old, but were unable to due to the pandemic.)
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To determine if this difference was indicative of the baby’s future thinking, the study sent the babies’ parents standardized curiosity questionnaires. The researchers also noted there was little change in the least interested babies over the six-month period. “Babies are affected by these magical events in different ways, and these ways appear to be stable across a six-month period during infancy.” “We found babies who looked really long at magical objects at 11 months were the same babies that looked really long at magical objects at 17 months,” lead author and Johns Hopkins graduate student Jasmin Perez said in a release. After six months, the babies, now 17 months old, saw either a new toy that behaved normally or a toy that seemed to float in mid-air. At 11 months old, the babies were shown a toy that behaved normally, while others seemingly saw the toy pass through a wall.
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The researchers looked at 65 babies over a period of time. The first-of-its-kind study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and suggests baby’s level of interest remains constant over time.
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According to one new study from Johns Hopkins University, the most curious babies become the most curious toddlers-and it could predict their future cognitive abilities.