Tag: fNIRS
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Prenatal Language Exposure: How Hearing a Foreign Language Shapes Baby Brain Networks
Background: language networks begin before birth A new study from researchers affiliated with the Université de Montréal, published in Communications Biology, provides compelling evidence that exposing a fetus to a foreign language for several weeks can influence how a newborn’s brain processes language. Funded in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of…
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Prenatal Language Exposure: Can Babies Learn Before Birth?
Can a language learn before a baby is born? A growing body of evidence from neuropsychology suggests that the language brain may begin its remarkable wiring even before birth. In a study funded by NSERC (the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) and conducted with researchers from the Université de Montréal, expectant mothers…