Not every parent and child successfully learns to be afraid, as researchers from the University of Montreal have found. For this, emotional attachment to the parent and physiological coincidence with him, that is, synchronization of the heartbeat, sweating, etc. It is very important.
The scientists participated in the experiment with 84 couples, a parent and a child between the ages of eight and 12. At first, the parents received a slight electric shock before lighting a light bulb of a certain color. This was recorded on video. The video was then shown to the children.
The same experiment was then repeated on the children. The greater the physiological overlap between parent and child, the more frightened the child turned out to be during the experiment. Emotional attachment was also important.
Source: Ferra
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