Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate
The findings were based on tests with 130 babies. Photograph: Blend Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe findings were based on tests with 130 babies. “What our research shows is that at least some differences are present at a small scale very early on in life.”For the study, babies aged from eight hours to three days old watched a laptop while settled on their parent or carer’s lap.
- ▪The findings were based on tests with 130 babies.
- ▪Photograph: Blend Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe findings were based on tests with 130 babies.
- ▪“What our research shows is that at least some differences are present at a small scale very early on in life.”For the study, babies aged from eight hours to three days old watched a laptop while settled on their parent or carer’s lap.
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The findings were based on tests with 130 babies. Photograph: Blend Images/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe findings were based on tests with 130 babies. Photograph: Blend Images/AlamyScienceBaby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debateStudy finds overall differences between groups of newborns by sex that are likely to be determined by biologyIan Sample Science editorMon 21 Sep 2026 05.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 21 Sep 2026 05.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe question dates back to the first man and woman: how does the world shape the behaviour of the sexes, and what differences, if any, are present at birth?Untangling the contributions of nature versus nurture has proved challenging for scientists, and controversial at times, but a new study of…
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