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Direct linkVouloumanos, Athena; Werker, Janet F. – Developmental Science, 2007
The nature and origin of the human capacity for acquiring language is not yet fully understood. Here we uncover early roots of this capacity by demonstrating that humans are born with a preference for listening to speech. Human neonates adjusted their high amplitude sucking to preferentially listen to speech, compared with complex non-speech…
Descriptors: Neonates, Language Acquisition, Oral Language, Speech
