Babies Understand Facial Expressions

Babies Understand Facial Expressions

Babies make the link between emotions expressed vocally and facially. The ability of babies to differentiate emotional expressions appears to develop during their first six months. But do they really recognize emotion or do they only distinguish the physical characteristics of faces and voices? Researchers have just provided an initial answer to this question, measuring the ability of six-month-old babies to make a connection between a voice expressing happiness or anger and the emotional expression on a face. Source 5h.