Babies Can Recognize Emotion in Faces
Babies as young as four months are able to recognize emotions in people’s faces, according to a new study. Scientists found that even before they start talking babies are able to pick up on “non-verbal” signals we use to communicate, such as the eyebrows being raised by a smile to indicate friendship.
By using near infrared light to take an image of brains of infants, researchers in London found that they use the same brain regions that adults do when they look at the gaze of another, a foundation for social interactions that appears critical for social development and might go wrong in conditions such as autism.
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