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| Title | Article: Babies Who Hear Foreign Speech Pick Up Languages Faster |
| Body | From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1944528/'Babies-who-hear-foreign-speech-pick-up-languages-faster'.html 'Babies who hear foreign speech pick up languages faster' By Richard Gray May 10, 2008 Psychologists at Bristol University found that the developing brain undergoes a period of "programming" in infancy which sets up for life its ability to recognise key sounds in whatever will become its native language. This process helps the brain make sense of speech by filtering out sounds not used in the native language, but also makes it harder to recognise unfamiliar sounds from foreign languages. Crucially, babies exposed to multiple languages during their first few months retain the ability to recognise sounds from all the languages they hear. Read the entire article at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1944528/'Babies-who-hear-foreign-speech-pick-up-languages-faster'.html . |
| Source | Telegraph, UK |
| Inputdate | 2008-05-25 11:18:22 |
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| Publishdate | 2008-05-26 00:00:00 |
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