This essay explores how children perceive awe experiences and how it differs from other everyday moments. The study was conducted by the Human Nature and Potentials Lab at the University of Chicago.
Many studies show that adults react positively to awe, but little research has looked at awe in childhood.
Therefore, we tinkered with the idea that awe may also be a deeply rooted human experience — one that could be appreciated even in childhood.We started by looking at children’s responses to different forms of awe to see if they would differentiate between awe-inspiring and everyday experiences. These findings suggested that children perceived a difference between awe-inspiring imagery and everyday imagery, and we found ourselves asking: If children could perceive awe, what kind of influence might awe-inspiring moments have on their sense of self?to the effects awe may have on children’s sense of self — their understanding and feeling of who they uniquely are.
We compared children's responses to imagery of each of these three categories of awe to those of everyday scenes. We asked new questions about the children's feelings of awe,All three types of imagery led to a greater sense of awe than the everyday imagery and increased children’sto learn new things. These findings showed that it is not just one category of awe that has these kinds of effects.
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