Torturing Human Babies In The Name Of Scientific Research
In The Spanish Journal Of Psychology, the researchers
described laboratory studies in which infants were subjected to
various unpleasant procedures known to elicit different emotional
states.
The resulting cries were videotaped and analysed.
To provoke anger from the babies, the investigators pinned
down the babies' hands or feet and prevented them from
moving.
To arouse fear in the babies, the researchers clapped their
hands very loudly and suddenly in the babies' faces.
A cry of pain followed the "needle vaccinations", according
to the study.
Prof Choliz found that angry babies tended to keep their eyes
half closed, gazing off to the side as they cried. They steadily
amped up the volume of vocalised umbrage. Frightened babies, after
an initial hesitation and tensing up of the facial muscles, emitted
an explosive cry and kept their eyes open and searching the whole
time.
Babies pained by a needle prick cried out immediately, at
full force, and squeezed their eyes shut. They maintained that
expression and volume for the entire crying bout.
The take-home message for parents: If you happen to drop a
heavy object loudly on the floor while the paediatrician is pinning
down your struggling baby for a needle shot, your child will be in
trauma therapy for life.
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