What Your Newborn Knows at Birth
Written By Kevin Markey
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You're Speaking My Language
Tyree, left, "converses" with his mom. Babies are born ready to learn any language. They can even perceive certain speech sounds in world languages that adults can't discern. But by the end of the first year of life, this universal language readiness gets pruned away, as their brain homes in on its native tongue, which they've been overhearing since they were in the womb.
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