Tag: prenatal development
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Prenatal Language Exposure Shapes Baby Brain Language Systems
Prenatal language exposure and the infant brain Can a baby start learning a language before being born? A team of neuropsychology researchers says yes, and the evidence points to an exquisite level of early brain plasticity. In a study funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and published in Communications Biology,…
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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…