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Monday, December 14, 2009

Pregnant women develop emotion-reading superpowers

RAGING hormones during pregnancy prompt mood swings, but may also lead to a heightened ability to recognize threatening or aggressive faces. This may have evolved because it makes future mothers hyper-vigilant, yet it could also make them more vulnerable to anxiety.

Source : New Scientist

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427384.200-pregnant-women-develop-emotionreading-superpowers.html

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