'Cultural learners' in the cradle

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 23:02 in Psychology & Sociology

Well before starting to speak, children from a very young age pay higher attention to the information received from native speakers of their language compared to the information received from 'foreigners.' A new study shows that this behavior, replicated already at the age of five months, might be the foundation of acquiring culture specific knowledge.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net