Babies Feel Pain 'Like Adults', Finds MRI Study
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 10:50
in Psychology & Sociology
The brains of babies 'light up' like adults when exposed to the same painful stimulus, according to a small brain imaging study, and that suggests babies experience pain much like adults. The study looked at 10 healthy infants aged between one and six days old and 10 healthy adults aged 23-36 years. Infants were recruited from the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and adult volunteers were Oxford University staff or students. read more