Months Before Their First Words, Babies' Brains Rehearse Speech Mechanics
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 14:50
in Psychology & Sociology
University of Washington research in 7- and 11-month-old infants shows that speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that coordinate and plan motor movements for speech. The study suggests that baby brains start laying down the groundwork of how to form words long before they actually begin to speak.