According to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and in Germany, Italy, and Japan, distinct patterns of activity - which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants - appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face - even when the child is not theirs. While the researchers recorded participants' brain activity, the participants did not speak or move. Yet their brain activity was typical of patterns preceding such actions as picking up or talking to an infant, the researchers explained. The activity pattern could represent a biological impulse that governs adults' interactions with small children. From their study results, the researchers concluded that this pattern is specific to seeing human infants. Interestingly, the pattern did not appear when the participants looked at photos of adults or of animals - even baby animals. To read about this research, click here: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/031612-infant-faces.cfm.