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For humans, the appeal of looking at faces starts before birth

Experiment is the first to test visual perception in fetuses

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FACIAL FIXATION  For the first time, scientists have peered inside the womb to watch how fetuses react to the sight of different images.

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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

Fascination with faces is nature, not nurture, suggests a new study of third-trimester fetuses.

Scientists have long known that babies like looking at faces more than other objects.