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CONNECT WITH GRAND
A special section
for new and expecting
grandparents
Your
grandbaby's
amazing brain
S
cientists once believed that infants didn't have much
happening mentally. All they were capable of doing
was eating, sleeping, and other bodily functions. Most
people assumed they were all reflex and no reason. But as
testing methods have improved, a whole science around
understanding a baby's brain has taken hold. It's fascinating
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for parents and grandparents who stare into those big eyes
to try to imagine what their baby/grandbaby is thinking. For
instance:
* Do they recognize their own name when it's spoken?
* Can they tell the difference between their parents' faces
and those of strangers?
* When they laugh, do they really think something
is funny?
Neuroscientists are definitely making progress in finding the
answers, so read on to see what they now know.
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