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Baby brains show more complexity than adult brains, study finds

Original: "By counting all the ways that the regions of a baby’s brain interact with each other from second to second, Dr. Naci an

Dr. Naci and her colleagues report that by tracking how regions of a baby's brain interact from second to second, they found infant brains exhibit more complexity than a waking adult's. The finding is drawing attention for what it suggests about early brain development and consciousness in newborns.

Why now: The counterintuitive finding that babies' brain activity is more complex than adults' challenges assumptions about early development

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