Tuesday, 25 January 2011

We aren�t born afraid of spiders and snakes

Image via WikipediaPeople aren�t born afraid of spiders and snakes, but can learn these fears very quickly during infancy, says a new research.

Scientists have studied how infants and toddlers react to scary objects. In one set of experiments, they showed infants as young as 7 months old two videos side by side-one of a snake and one of something non-threatening, such as an elephant.

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