Episode Details

Daniel noticed his 15-month-old son sleeping with one arm raised at the exact same angle as his own. So he asked: can mannerisms like this actually be inherited? The science turns out to be far stranger than "he got it from his dad." Studies from the Estonian Biobank, twin research on sleep architecture, and infant imitation experiments all point in different directions — and one finding suggests the mannerism may have flowed from child to parent, not the other way around. We untangle the genes, the imitation, and the pattern-matching brain that makes every parent see themselves in their kid. Episode #571602 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/571602