27 August 2013

Infants remember speech heard in the womb





Human fetuses begin to hear sounds that reach them from outside the womb at about 27 weeks. But it wasn’t clear whether fetuses can learn from these sounds in ways that shape speech perception and development during infancy. Now it appears they can.



via Pocket http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/08/infants-remember-speech-heard-in-the-womb/

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