A beautiful and high-quality doll, open and shut-eye feature, and widely preferred by girls.Girls were more active in the pSTS when they played the play with a doll alone, but not when they played with tablets alone playing, suggesting that they were practicing social cognitive skills better with dolls.The findings suggest that social play is a multi-sensory activity that involves several neural areas and show how dolls can create similar patterns of stimulation even when children are playing on their own.
Doll play could offer a unique opportunity for children to learn about interactions with others that are essential for the development of emotional and social skills, including empathy.