How babies' brains respond to strangers
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This trial uses safe, non-invasive methods to study how healthy babies' brains react to seeing unfamiliar people. It may help us understand early social development.
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Who can take part
- Your baby should be developing typically, without any known delays
- Your baby must be between 7 and 12 months old
- Your baby was born full-term, at 37 weeks or later
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Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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