Yesterday, my 10 month old daughter became an “infant scientist”. At least, that what they called her at the University of Texas Infant Cognition Laboratory. In fact, she was the subject of an experiment (though I refuse the lab rat comparison). We volunteered Anna for the test, which took about 45 minutes, just as we had volunteered her older sister Sarah for a different experiment two years ago. The experiment was quite interesting. Anna was outfitted with an electrode-laden cap so that brain activity could be monitored. Then she was shown pictures of female faces of varying degrees of beauty (the faces had been rated for their attractiveness earlier by adults). The question was, is the baby brain hardwired to recognize beauty? Anna’s left brain definitely lit up more when pretty faces were shown to her. Interesting.