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Babies can categorise objects better at two months than previously known

Babies as young as two-months-old can categorise objects in their brains, which is far younger th...

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08.30 3 Feb 2026


Babies can categorise objects better at two months than previously known


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08.30 3 Feb 2026


Babies as young as two-months-old can categorise objects in their brains, which is far younger than previously thought, according to new research by Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and Stanford University. 

 To discuss these findings was Professor Rhodri Cusack from Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and co-author of the research. 


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