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5-mth-old tots 'can't recognize faces in profile'.

Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri

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5-mth-old tots 'can't recognize faces in profile'

Yomiuri

Though 5-month-old babies are able to recognize a person when viewed face on, they are unable to recognize the same person when viewed in profile, according to a new study.

The results of research jointly conducted by Chuo University and the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, will be published in the latest issue of a U.S. journal, Human Brain Mapping.

The research team studied the brain activities of 20 infants aged 5 months or 8 months, with each baby being shown images of an unknown female face, both face on and in profile, …

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