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July 6, 2015
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Baby listens to speech in a neuroscience experiment
Researchers used a noninvasive technique called magnetoencephalography to measure the point at which infants begin to learn and distinguish the sounds of the predominant language they hear around them since birth. It's at this point, researchers say, that infants begin to mentally practice speaking, long before their first words.
Credit: Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington
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