Study Shows Early Object Categorization

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin published findings on infant object categorization.
Two-month-old infants were scanned using fMRI and AI to analyze 12 visual categories.
Study suggests categorization occurs earlier than previously thought (3-4 months).
Dataset may aid in neurodevelopmental disorder diagnostics.
Follow-up study tracks 66 infants over nine months.
Professor Eleanor Molloy highlights potential of awake fMRI in research.
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