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Study Shows Unborn Babies See More Than We Knew

Hank Berrien
Study Shows Unborn Babies See More Than We Knew
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A new study has given more information confirming the status of the unborn child as a being who should not be regarded as anything other than a child: by the second trimester, when the unborn child can detect light in the developing retina, the cells sensing light connect to the perihabenula, which regulates mood, and the amygdala, which is involved with one’s emotional state.

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have gone beyond known information that already found the retina in the unborn child sensed light in order to help the child become accustomed to 24-hour, day-night rhythms. As Science Daily explains:

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