Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak

Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak

Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak

Children can display empathy before they are old enough to talk

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Children between 9 and 18 months old already demonstrate empathy, suggesting this ability starts at an earlier age than previously thought, even for babies from different cultural backgrounds.

“If I don’t understand your emotions, I can’t communicate with you and I can’t respond to your emotions, so it’s an essential skill – but we only know how it develops in a small part of the world,” says Carlo Vreden at the Leibniz…

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