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Newborns' Brain Connects to Faces, Predicting Social Skills

10/6/2025

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A Yale University study shows brain's social perception pathway activates shortly after birth, processing faces.
Newborns display robust connectivity in social-behavior regions and predict attention to faces by four months.
Stronger connectivity correlates with fewer social difficulties by 18 months, suggesting wiring guides development.
Interdisciplinary teams analyzed Developing Human Connectome Project data, highlighting autism-detection potential and need for research.

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Story summary

A Yale University study shows brain's social perception pathway activates shortly after birth, processing faces.
Newborns display robust connectivity in social-behavior regions and predict attention to faces by four months.
Stronger connectivity correlates with fewer social difficulties by 18 months, suggesting wiring guides development.
Interdisciplinary teams analyzed Developing Human Connectome Project data, highlighting autism-detection potential and need for research.