Human Babies Need to Be Strongly Bonded With Their Caregivers

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Human babies are born particularly underdeveloped and helpless when compared to other animals. So we need to be strongly bonded with our caregivers to survive from the moment we are born. We do have this helplessness that requires assiduous care for a long period of time. Ellen is saying these early interactions are a co evolved form of communication. Both the baby and care giver are adapting to each other's needs.

We hear a lot about “vibe” these days: Vibe check, a shift in the vibe, catching a vibe, don't kill the vibe. With the help of scholars and researchers Ellen Dissanayake, Connie Bainbridge, and Maria Witek we’ll define this feeling by drawing a fun, evolutionary line from the sweet sounds of baby talk and lullabies, all the way to adults vibing to the music they love. To put our findings to the test, musicians Phil Cook & Ally J help Saleem write a new lullaby, and DJ Zephyr Ann & DJ Rang demonstrate the power of experiencing “distributed emotion” through music.

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