New research shows that two-month-old babies are already capable of sorting visual information into categories. Neuroscientists from Trinity College Dublin studied 130 awake infants using fMRI scans, which track blood flow to map brain activity, along with artificial intelligence models.

The team found that even at two months old, a baby's brain can recognize and group objects from familiar visual sets. The lead author of the study noted that these findings prove the building blocks of visual thinking are established much earlier than previously thought. Researchers believe these results could help improve early childhood education and provide a blueprint for designing more efficient AI systems.