It is clear that the learning capacity of babies from the moment they are born is immense and unstoppable. However they still surprise me, because recognize different languages at 4 months, even without hearing them, it seems like an achievement.
Indeed, as how much the video, it has been shown that a baby knows when they speak to him in a habitual language (or several, according to which he is accustomed) just by looking at the face of his interlocutor. Bilingual babies retain this ability until beyond 8 months.
The most surprising thing is that it is pointed out that babies are able to differentiate new languages without listening to them, since the study was based on projecting images of faces speaking without sound.
Interestingly, babies paid more attention to the new, to unknown languages.
The study was published by the journal "Science", conducted by researchers from the Science Park and the University of Barcelona and directed by Janer F. Werker at the University of British Columbia (Canada).
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