Talk to your babies: Words influence infants' cognition from first months of life
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 06:07
in Psychology & Sociology
Northwestern University researchers have found that even before infants begin to speak, words play an important role in their cognition. For 3-month-old infants, words influence performance in a cognitive task in a way that goes beyond the influence of other kinds of sounds, including musical tones.