Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?

　　Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number or spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness?

　　When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two;

　　likewise(同样地)

　　when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.

　　5. The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the

　　baby's ________.

　　A. sense of hearing

　　B. sense of sight

　　C. sense of touch

　　D. sense of smell

　　6. Babies are sensitive to the change in ________.

　　A. the size of cards

　　B. the colour of pictures

　　C. the shape of patterns

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