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Published online 23 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030616-20
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New faces light up shy brains
Outgoing and timid adults react differently to strangers.
US scientists have spotted something different in the brains of shy and outgoing people when they meet a new face1.
What's more, it seems that the difference has its roots in childhood.
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