Girls really are better at paying attention than boys, and the difference is clear right after birth.
Scientists tested the attention skills of 130 infants just hours after birth, before any social factors could influence their development.
The babies were shown two videos, one recording of a human face and another showing the swinging metal balls of a Newton’s cradle.
Researchers discovered that newborn girls were better at paying attention to the human face than their more easily distracted male counterparts.
According to study supervisor Professor Sir Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre, this could help settle the ‘age-old question of whether nature
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