Synopsis
Episode two looks at why we are born to respond to faces, what makes babies laugh and how we learn to empathise with others.
- Programme: Babies: Their Wonderful World
- Episode: Becoming Social
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Psychology
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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