<p>"Infants, even before they can verbally communicate, can understand the thought processes of other people," said Yuyan Luo, associate professor of developmental psychology, Missouri University, who led the study. <br /><br />Infants were monitored during different trials of a common psychological test in which an actor indicated preference for certain objects. <br /><br />Researchers timed the infant's gaze, which is an indication of his or her knowledge, the journal Cognition reports. <br /><br />The infants watched longer when the actor's preferences changed. This led the researchers to believe that infants understood how the actor interacted with the objects, according to a statement from the university. <br /><br />"When the actor did not witness the removal or addition of the preferred object, the infants seemed to use that information to interpret the person's actions," Luo said. <br /><br />Luo said her study is one of the firsts to explore the false belief understanding in the first year of life; evidence from other studies indicates that infant understanding could be present at an earlier age</p>
<p>"Infants, even before they can verbally communicate, can understand the thought processes of other people," said Yuyan Luo, associate professor of developmental psychology, Missouri University, who led the study. <br /><br />Infants were monitored during different trials of a common psychological test in which an actor indicated preference for certain objects. <br /><br />Researchers timed the infant's gaze, which is an indication of his or her knowledge, the journal Cognition reports. <br /><br />The infants watched longer when the actor's preferences changed. This led the researchers to believe that infants understood how the actor interacted with the objects, according to a statement from the university. <br /><br />"When the actor did not witness the removal or addition of the preferred object, the infants seemed to use that information to interpret the person's actions," Luo said. <br /><br />Luo said her study is one of the firsts to explore the false belief understanding in the first year of life; evidence from other studies indicates that infant understanding could be present at an earlier age</p>