Toddlers regulate behavior to avoid making adults angry

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 11:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Children as young as 15 months can detect anger when watching other people's social interactions and then use that emotional information to guide their own behavior. The study is the first evidence that younger toddlers are capable of using multiple cues from emotions and vision to understand the motivations of the people around them.

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