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by paidleaf 2885 days ago
> I don't know about an LSD trip but I've often wondered what exactly a baby perceives while in the womb or as a newborn.

I don't think they "consciously" perceive anything. But "unconsciously", we know that they perceive the mother's voice, smell, etc. They recognize words in the womb and they even react to it in the womb. And after birth, babies' prefer their mother's voice ( probably an evolutionary benefit ) over other people's voices. It's why a mother's voice has a calming/soothing effect on babies. It's pretty much trained in the womb to associate the mother's voice with safety and comfort and nourishment.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/08/babies-learn-recogniz...