To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
What I wanted to do
Please log in to add to collections.
Babies

What I wanted to do was to come up with an experimentthat would allow us to ask babies...

Babies • S01E04 • 2020
What I wanted to do was to come up with an experiment
that would allow us to ask babies whether they are sensitive to
the statistical properties of language

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.468
What I wanted to do
00:00:02.535 --> 00:00:06.339
was to come up with an experiment that would allow us to ask babies
00:00:06.405 --> 00:00:10.943
whether they are sensitive to the statistical properties of language...
Duration
11 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:52
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
Nutopia

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

A look at how infants learn and discover during their first year of life.
S01 • E05 - Morning. Morning. - No, not morning time, bedtime. - Babies 00:04
- Morning. Morning. - No, not morning time, bedtime.
S01 • E02 In the last ten years, we've developed new techniques to find out - Babies 00:11
In the last ten years, we've developed new techniques t...
S01 • E01 We had mothers playing with young babies, three, four, - Babies 00:06
We had mothers playing with young babies, three, four,
S01 • E04 By keeping track of which sounds go together. - Babies 00:04
By keeping track of which sounds go together.
S01 • E01 And if the infant got really excited, - Babies 00:05
And if the infant got really excited,
S01 • E06 I mold the outside of the bone - Babies 00:08
I mold the outside of the bone
S01 • E02 And it might surprise you - Babies 00:08
And it might surprise you
S01 • E01 Then we asked mothers - Babies 00:10
Then we asked mothers
S01 • E06 And then I take a couple of X-rays from different angles, - Babies 00:08
And then I take a couple of X-rays from different angles,
S01 • E04 It's a very simple language, it just has a few made up words in it, - Babies 00:10
It's a very simple language, it just has a few made up ...
S01 • E01 The babies immediately picked up that the mother wasn't - Babies 00:07
The babies immediately picked up that the mother wasn't
S01 • E02 I wonder whether Nelson knows - Babies 00:04
I wonder whether Nelson knows
S01 • E06 I ended up collecting data on over 600 infants and children. - Babies 00:06
I ended up collecting data on over 600 infants and children.
S01 • E04 We wanted to start by stripping away everything else - Babies 00:08
We wanted to start by stripping away everything else
S01 • E03 We used to think that babies grew every day. - Babies 00:04
We used to think that babies grew every day.
S01 • E02 I love breastfeeding. I really do. - Babies 00:10
I love breastfeeding. I really do.
S01 • E06 When I got back, what I ended up doing - Babies 00:08
When I got back, what I ended up doing
S01 • E04 And I created a stream of those words - Babies 00:15
And I created a stream of those words
S01 • E01 But they would keep on trying - Babies 00:06
But they would keep on trying
S01 • E03 There's a growth chart in every pediatrician's office, - Babies 00:10
There's a growth chart in every pediatrician's off...