Babies as young as six months develop "social judging skills before they can talk", says researchers at the Yale University, U.S.A. Babies aged six months to ten months watched a large-eyed toy try to climb hills, while other toys either helped it or pushed it backward. The children were then "presented with the toys to see which they will play with", explains the Houston Chronicle. "Nearly every baby picked the helpful toy over the bad one". So to some extent, "even infants can tell the difference between naughty and nice playmates, and know which to choose", says the newspaper.
Culled from Awake magazine,november 2008 edition.
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