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Infant brains have powerful reactions to fear

Babies as young as 5 months old respond to facial emotions

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FACE OFF  Babies as young as 5 months old can detect different emotions in human faces, a new study finds.

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By Tom Siegfried

- More than 2 years ago

SAN DIEGO — Babies as young as 5 months old possess networks of brain cell activity that react to facial emotions, especially fear, a new study finds.