I do not think that many studies were needed to arrive at this conclusion, although I find it very interesting that the behavior of babies is increasingly investigated, since from time to time true discoveries are made, and in any case they help us to Understand them better.
Babies are able to realize that other people see the world differently than they do., according to a study by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest (Hungary) that is published in the journal 'Science'.
It seems that babies make this discovery, as expected, automatically, effortlessly. The ability to deduce the intentions and beliefs of others, often known as 'theory of mind', is an essential part of social interactions and could have been a central aspect in the evolution of cooperative human societies.
Until recently, the theory that the capacities of the mind did not arise until the children were three or four years old was accepted. But in recent years a variety of studies with multiple methods have suggested that much younger humans could actually possess this ability.
For the study, the scientists, led by Ágnes Melinda Kovács, have designed a new method that they have applied to both adults and seven-month-old babies.
The experiments involved showing the subject a series of animated videos in which a character detects a ball that appears and disappears.
The reaction times of adults and babies (when they detect the ball) were faster when viewed in the images that the cartoon character located the ball. That is, they put "trust" in what the other has detected, even if they themselves do not see it and even when the character has disappeared from the screen.
Actually, it is not so strange if we consider that even smaller, at six months, babies distinguish if we can not or do not want to share and get angry at what they do not like. They already have enough capacity to appreciate and understand each other's intentions, from very young.
The team of researchers concludes that after seven months the human being automatically perceives the point of view of other people and even when these other people are not already present, people still remember their beliefs as alternative representations of the world.
