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Babies can learn language sounds in the first few hours of being born – new research

By Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University We often think of babies as blank canvases with little ability to learn during the first few weeks of life. But babies actually start processing language and speech incredibly early. Even while in the womb, they learn to discern voices, along with some speech sounds. At birth, they already prefer speech sounds over other types of non-language sounds. But exactly … Continue reading Babies can learn language sounds in the first few hours of being born – new research