Study Shows Adults and Babies Synchronize Brain Waves Through Eye Contact

Study Shows Adults and Babies Synchronize Brain Waves Through Eye Contact
Scientists study brain activity in a 9-month-old baby. Oli Scarff/Getty Images
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Researchers at Cambridge University have found that babies and adults synchronize brain waves through eye contact.

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used a total of 36 infants across two experiments where their brain waves were compared with an adult.
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