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other pair the difference was much

more subtle. For each pair, the scientists

asked whether the second photo

was the same as the first. They found

that sensitive people spent more time

than others looking at the photos with

the subtle differences. Their brains also

showed more activity in regions that

help to make associations between

those images and other stored information.

In other words, the sensitive

people were processing the photos at a

more elaborate level than their peers,

reflecting more on those fenceposts and

haystacks.

This study is very new, and its conclusions

still need to be replicated and

explored in other contexts. But it

echoes Jerome Kagan’s findings that

high-reactive first graders spend more

time than other children comparing

choices when they play matching

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