India, Sept. 22 -- Cambridge scientists have found that newborn girls and boys may differ in what they pay attention to, even within hours of birth, according to a study published in Biology of Sex Differences.
The study involved 130 newborn babies between eight hours and three days old. While sitting on a parent or caregiver's lap, they watched a laptop screen showing two videos side by side. One showed a young woman's face, while the other showed a Newton's cradle toy moving back and forth. An eye-tracking device recorded where the babies looked.
Both boys and girls spent more time looking at the woman's face than at the toy. However, the girls showed a stronger preference for the face compared with the boys.
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